Audre Lorde famously professed that “poetry is not a luxury”, but in a culture where survival demands that every moment be productive, it is a complex statement to accept.

Is creativity a blessing or a burden?

What does it mean to live a creative life?

What is the difference between art and commodity, and what do either have to do with living well?

This episode is, ostensibly, an investigation into the why behind making for solely aesthetic reasons—but woven into it is the larger question of what it is to be human.

This is Part 2 of On Creativity.

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Audre Lorde famously professed that “poetry is not a luxury”, but in a culture where survival demands that every moment be productive, it is a complex statement to accept.

Is creativity a blessing or a burden?

What does it mean to live a creative life?

What is the difference between art and commodity, and what do either have to do with living well?

This episode is, ostensibly, an investigation into the why behind making for solely aesthetic reasons—but woven into it is the larger question of what it is to be human.

This is Part 1 of On Creativity.

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Welcome to Intimacy & Imitation, a limited podcast series dedicated to uncovering our protective deceptions in the search for genuine connection. In each of the 6 episodes, a single feeling is examined, lifted in gentle hands, and observed from multiple angles.

With a blend of poetry, music, and spatial sound design, host Marshall Jacklin invites you on a transformative journey from the art of letting go to the seriousness of joy.

For the intended immersive experience, please use headphones.

In this episode:

As the new year drapes its hope and exhaust across the city, tall buildings recede, concrete and glass withdrawing behind a smudged-out sky. Iced sidewalks stage angled commuters, heads down, protecting their exposed features from hungry shards of wind. Idle engines rattle through hollowed-out parking lots; puffs of slow-rising gasoline carry that familiar, earth-toned scent; the clamor of metal overtakes a damped chorus of human voices.

In such moments, do you see loneliness or solitude? Peace or isolation?

How does one define the difference?

In this episode, we will explore these questions, and attempt to create paths of meaning from the insights they reveal.

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