EPISODE · Jun 23, 2026 · 43 MIN
Be a sub to your vision w/ Carin Huebner
from MAKE HUMAN · host Maria Bowler
This episode is about the tension between the daily “job” of making vs. the need for a big transcendent “why”.Maria's producer Carin Huebner came to the conversation with a live wire. She'd finally gotten into the darkroom after weeks of circling it, and she made, in her own assessment, zero successful work. What happens next?In this episode Why the question "what is this for?" can be both essential and the thing that keeps you out of the roomErotic energy, Eros, and what it actually means to be a sub to your visionAnger as data — what it’s actually pointing toWhy most of us only ever get the next instruction, and how to stop making that wrongWaypoints[00:00:00] — Why Carin finally got into the darkroom[00:03:30] — The tension between the job and the why[00:10:30] — Both ends of the binary are forms of obedience[00:22:30] — Sub to the vision[00:25:00] — What actually is vision?[00:36:30] — Rules as permissionResourcesSally Mann — Art WorkSteven Pressfield — The War of ArtNathan Hill — Wellness Will Arnett — Is This Thing On? Hilma af Klint — referenced for automatic painting and receiving visionMichael Pollan — A World AppearsAnnie Dillard — The Writing LifeHave a creative quandary? Submit a question to be answered on the showGot some creative resistance? Get your free audio guide to the Creative Resistance Practice for unblockingTheme song by deadmen
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