Issue · 2026
Stories from the edges of the everyday, told slowly.
A journal of travel mishaps, marketplace chaos and the small human moments that turn into the best stories.
Arts & Creativity
10 stories in this topic
Arts & Creativity
Debunking the Creative Genius Myth
Challenging the notion that creativity is an innate talent, exploring the importance of perseverance and hard work in the creative process, and celebrating the beauty of collaboration and imperfection in the human story of creativity art expression
13 min readArts & Creativity
The Creative Crisis: Chasing Virality in a Digital Age
The pressure to produce algorithm-friendly content is taking a toll on artists' mental health and eroding the value of creativity and art.
22 min readArts & Creativity
Reviving Creativity in Education: A Call to Action
75% of educators believe the current system stifles creativity, with kindergarten creativity plummeting from 98% to 3% since the 1960s. It's time to rethink our approach to education and prioritize the creative process, art, and expression.
10 min readArts & Creativity
The Erosion of Human Touch in Creativity
The creative industry's obsession with precision and perfection is eroding the value of human imperfection, threatening the soul of art and design.
22 min readArts & Creativity
Unleashing the Power of Unfettered Creativity
Discover how unfettered creativity can lead to remarkable art, and how current funding structures stifle the creative process, highlighting the importance of creativity, art, expression, the creative process, and making things in the human story.
18 min readArts & Creativity
Cultivating Creativity: The Beauty of Artistic Expression
Discover the power of creativity and artistic expression, and how it can transform your life and the world around you through the creative process and human story.
6 min readArts & Creativity
Fading Light on My Desk
I sit at my desk, surrounded by the remnants of a day's work. The light outside is fading, casting a warm orange glow over the cluttered space. I've spent the last few hours staring at a blank page, trying to will the words into existence. It's a familiar feeling, one that I've grown accustomed to over the years. The struggle to create, to bring something into being from nothing, is a constant companion.
9 min readArts & Creativity
Fading Light
I spent three years working on a novel that nobody read. I finished it, which is important, because finishing something is a feat in itself. I make things because not making them feels worse. That's the whole explanation, and I've tried to dress it up in more sophisticated language, but it never quite fits as well. My experience with creativity is that it's a messy, often frustrating process.
9 min readArts & Creativity
The Drawer Where I Keep the Finished Things Nobody Sees
The print shop guy did not ask why I wanted one copy. Just one. Not ten for friends, not fifty for a reading, not the minimum run that would qualify for a bulk discount. One copy of a 287-page novel that had taken three years to finish and would likely never be read by anyone except the person who wrote it.
9 min readArts & Creativity
Making for No One
Three years of work, one copy, cardboard box. I carried it to my car like it was a sleeping animal I did not want to wake up. Making things for no one, I was learning, has its own specific weight.
8 min read
