EPISODE · Apr 10, 2024 · 44 MIN
👁️🗨️ Creative Business as a World-Building Practice — with Ayana Zaire Cotton
from Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media · host Softer Sounds
“We don’t have to give up the wild, “non-marketable” parts of our practice in order to sustain them.”This week, I am thrilled to be joined by anti-disciplinary artist, writer, and facilitator for the worldbuilders, Ayana Zaire Cotton of Seeda School.In this spiralic conversation, Ayana guides us in how to tap into our zone of desire and design creative offers for new worlds in the now.Tune in to hear about:World-building as a Black feminist practiceWhy “niching down” is a colonial technology (& how we can refuse to do it)The moments when discipline melts into devotionHow to find the places where your curiosity rivals your fear👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today 🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ⠀🏕️ Joyful Impact Summer Camp is for socially conscious business owners who want to turn their empty creative wells into bubbling sources of inspiration. August 10 – September 4. Live on Zoom and async on Signal. JOIN HERE
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“We don’t have to give up the wild, “non-marketable” parts of our practice in order to sustain them.”This week, I am thrilled to be joined by anti-disciplinary artist, writer, and facilitator for the worldbuilders, Ayana Zaire Cotton of Seeda School.In this spiralic conversation, Ayana guides us in how to tap into our zone of desire and design creative offers for new worlds in the now.Tune in to hear about:World-building as a Black feminist practiceWhy “niching down” is a colonial technology (& how we can refuse to do it)The moments when discipline melts into devotionHow to find the places where your curiosity rivals your fear👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today 🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ⠀🏕️ Joyful Impact Summer Camp is for socially conscious business owners who want to turn their empty creative wells into bubbling sources of inspiration. August 10 – September 4. Live on Zoom and async on Signal. JOIN HERE
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