https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/writer-kevin-maloney-on-when-to-set-rules/
Writer Kevin Maloney on when to set rules – The Creative Independent
Writer Kevin Maloney discusses the importance of play, the meaning of life, and finding family within the arts.
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DIY Spaces – The Creative Independent
Following the tragic Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, TCI Editor-in-Chief Brandon Stosuy reflects on the essential need for DIY spaces as sites for creation and...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/drag-queen-mama-celeste-on-learning-to-embrace-failure/
Drag Performer Mama Celeste on learning to embrace failure – The Creative Independent
Drag performer Mama Celeste discusses the way collaboration improves everything, being cringe, and how the party is an art piece.
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/guides/how-to-embrace-mistakes-without-romanticizing-failure/
How to embrace mistakes without romanticizing failure – The Creative Independent
A set of tactics you can use to renegotiate your relationship with failure, written and illustrated by Juliana Castro.
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Anna Baumgarten – The Creative Independent
Anna Baumgarten hails from the Michigan mitten and is a Los Angeles-based Writer/Director/Producer and TV Development Consultant. Anna has been a core...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/stephen-talasnik/
Stephen Talasnik – The Creative Independent
Stephen Talasnik’s studio practice addresses drawing, sculpture, and installation art. His work focuses on the relationship between drawing and building;...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/anne-ishii-and-angela-garbes/
Anne Ishii and Angela Garbes – The Creative Independent
Anne Ishii is a writer and the Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative, which has operated with a mission to “create community through the power of art” in...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/jennifer-mccoy/
Jennifer Mccoy – The Creative Independent
Jennifer McCoy’s multimedia artworks examine the genres and conventions of filmmaking, memory, and language. They are known for constructing subjective...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/visual-artist-andie-dinkin-on-not-second-guessing-yourself/
Visual artist Andie Dinkin on not second guessing yourself – The Creative Independent
Visual artist Andie Dinkin discusses finding solace in your process, being motivated by your creative community, and following your own vision.
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Arielle Gordon – The Creative Independent
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Sudan Archives – The Creative Independent
Sudan Archives is a violinist and vocalist who writes, plays, and produces her own music. Drawing inspiration from Sudanese fiddlers, she is self-taught on the...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/georgia-harmer/
Georgia Harmer – The Creative Independent
Canadian singer-songwriter Georgia Harmer, has been making music practically since birth, and has a wisdom and poise that belies her youthful age. She released...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/devon-welsh-937683/
Devon Welsh – The Creative Independent
In March of 2024, the Canadian experimental pop artist Devon Welsh (ex-Majical Cloudz) released Come With Me If You Want To Live, his first album in five...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/mike-watt/
Mike Watt – The Creative Independent
Mike Watt is a bassist from San Pedro, California who co-founded Minutemen, Dos, and Firehose. A stalwart supplier of low end, he’s collaborated with The...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/jake-ewald/
Jake Ewald – The Creative Independent
Jacob Ewald is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the band Slaughter Beach, Dog. The band’s fifth album, Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling, was released...
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Timepeace – The Creative Independent
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Joseph O Legaspi – The Creative Independent
Joseph O. Legaspi was born in the Philippines, where he lived before immigrating to Los Angeles with his family at age 12. He received a BA from Loyola...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/joseph-brett/
Joseph Brett – The Creative Independent
Joseph Brett is a London-based animator and filmmaker, co-founder of Jackdaw Films with writer Bec Boey. His work spans claymation horror, music videos (Ezra...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/translations/alice-cooper-sur-la-force-dun-personnage/
Alice Cooper sur la force d’un personnage – The Creative Independent
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Gennarose Nethercott – The Creative Independent
Gennarose Nethercott is the author of The Lumberjack’s Dove (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2018), selected by Louise Glück as a winner of the National Poetry Series. Her...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/peter-silberman/
Peter Silberman – The Creative Independent
As the primary songwriter for The Antlers, Peter Silberman has been confronting weighty matters ever since the band’s 2009 breakthrough, Hospice. On his latest...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-kim-deal-on-not-being-afraid-to-try-new-things/
Musician Kim Deal on not being afraid to try new things – The Creative Independent
Musician Kim Deal (Pixies, the Breeders, the Amps) discusses communication, dealing with failure, and not working with assholes.
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/kinlaw-on-trying-something-every-single-day/
Kinlaw on trying something every single day – The Creative Independent
Multi-instrumentalist, dancer, choreographer, and curator Kinlaw talks about finding the space to make things, doing something everyday, working without a...
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Anelise Chen – The Creative Independent
Anelise Chen is the author of the novel, So Many Olympic Exertions (Kaya Press 2017). She currently teaches writing at Columbia University and writes a column...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/sasha-grey/
Sasha Grey – The Creative Independent
Sasha Grey first made her name as one of the most notorious adult film stars in recent history, but with a no regrets attitude, she moved on from her former...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/sarah-jane-scouten/
Sarah Jane Scouten – The Creative Independent
Sarah Jane Scouten is a Canadian folk and Americana songwriter. Her songs pay their respects to 60s and 70s country songwriters Willie Nelson, John Prine,...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/yuliya-tsukerman/
Yuliya Tsukerman – The Creative Independent
Yuliya Tsukerman is a Brooklyn-based puppeteer, mask-maker, and writer. She’s lucky to receive transmissions from the lesser gods of the Ancient Forest, which...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/aaron-dessner-412785/
Aaron Dessner – The Creative Independent
Aaron Dessner is a musician, songwriter, record producer, and record label founder. He’s best known as a founding member of the rock band the National, with...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/joshua-sanchez/
Joshua Sanchez – The Creative Independent
Joshua Sanchez’s debut feature film Four won the Best Performance Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Best Feature Film Award at the Urbanworld Film...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/nina-renata-aron/
Nina Renata Aron – The Creative Independent
Nina Renata Aron is a writer and editor living in Oakland. She is a features editor at Full Stop, an online literary magazine. Her work has appeared in The New...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/anna-eastman/
Anna Eastman – The Creative Independent
Anna Eastman is a writer living in New York City. She is currently an MFA candidate in Columbia’s nonfiction writing program, where she writes about dance,...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-ben-gibbard-death-cab-for-cutie-on-being-able-to-walk-away/
Musician Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) on being able to walk away – The Creative Independent
Musician Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) discusses toggling between the past and present, not expecting to make creative work his career, and carving his own...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-cassie-wieland-vines-on-creating-without-structure/
Musician Cassie Wieland (Vines) on creating without structure – The Creative Independent
Musician Cassie Wieland (Vines) discusses romanticizing making music as a full-time job, deciding when a piece is done, and how she found her way to an ambient...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/painter-kimia-ferdowsi-kline-on-being-both-a-curator-and-an-artist/
Painter Kimia Ferdowsi Kline on being both a curator and an artist – The Creative Independent
Painter Kimia Ferdowsi Kline on unlearning what they teach you in art school, and why community and generosity are paramount to a creative practice.
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Andy Fidoten – The Creative Independent
Andy Fidoten is a New York filmmaker, proud transsexual, and former punk. His short films have screened at MoMA, the London Short Film Festival, and Final...
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Naomi Falk – The Creative Independent
Naomi Falk is a writer, publisher, and chainmaille artisan. She is the founder of Crop Circle Press where she co-produces volumes of art and literature steeped...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/cehryl/
cehryl – The Creative Independent
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/artist-stanya-kahn-on-creating-work-beyond-your-own-direct-experience/
Artist Stanya Kahn on creating work beyond your own direct experience – The Creative Independent
Artist Stanya Kahn on having the courage to explore new mediums, mixing humor with pain, and making art during political upheaval
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/heryte-tefery-tequame/
Heryte Tefery Tequame – The Creative Independent
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Kameelah Janan Rasheed – The Creative Independent
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Amelia Randall Meath – The Creative Independent
Amelia Meath is a musician, songwriter, and producer who releases music in the bands Sylvan Esso and Mountain Man. She is also a founder of Psychic Hotline, a...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/mattiel-brown/
Mattiel Brown – The Creative Independent
Mattiel Brown is a designer and musician from Atlanta, Georgia. Her background in graphic design and art direction informs the aesthetic of her band, Mattiel....
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/artist-filmmaker-and-writer-tourmaline-on-cultivating-your-intuition/
Artist, filmmaker, and writer Tourmaline on cultivating your intuition – The Creative Independent
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Glory Edim – The Creative Independent
Glory Edim is a literary tastemaker, entrepreneur, and advocate for diverse voices in literature. In 2015, she founded Well-Read Black Girl (WRBG), an online...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/krystal-c-mack/
Krystal C. Mack – The Creative Independent
Krystal C. Mack is a self-taught designer and artist using her social practice to highlight food and nature’s role in collective healing, empowerment, and...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/kate-bernyk/
Kate Bernyk – The Creative Independent
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Eva Hendricks – The Creative Independent
Eva Hendricks is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist in New York-based band Charly Bliss. The band has released two albums, Guppy (2017) and Young Enough...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/writer-stephen-dixon-on-a-lifetime-of-literature/
Writer Stephen Dixon on a lifetime of literature – The Creative Independent
In his final interview, the late Stephen Dixon reflects on a life spent compulsively writing, letting your personal experiences seep into your work, and coming...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/stephanie-danler/
Stephanie Danler – The Creative Independent
Hailed as “the ‘Kitchen Confidential’ of our time” by the New York Times, Stephanie Danler’s debut novel, Sweetbitter, became an immediate bestseller earlier...
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Adam Fitzgerald – The Creative Independent
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Christina Lee – The Creative Independent
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William Winant – The Creative Independent
William Winant is an avant-garde percussionist who has performed and collaborated with musicians and musical acts as diverse as Sonic Youth, Mr. Bungle, John...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/claire-rousay/
Claire Rousay – The Creative Independent
Claire Rousay is based in San Antonio, Texas. Her music zeroes in on personal emotions and the minutiae of everyday life—voicemails, haptics, environmental...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/edna-bonhomme/
Edna Bonhomme – The Creative Independent
Edna Bonhomme is a writer and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. She holds a PhD in the History of Science from...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/orenda-fink/
Orenda Fink – The Creative Independent
Orenda Fink is a musician, songwriter, performer, writer, and certified Jungian Depth Coach specializing in shadow work and dream interpretation. Her work has...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-sevdaliza-on-managing-your-time-and-energy/
Musician Sevdaliza on managing your time and energy – The Creative Independent
Musician Sevdaliza on balancing artistic mystery with human transparency, developing a voice outside of big cities, how to recharge and refocus, and accepting...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/casey-gerald/
Casey Gerald – The Creative Independent
Casey Gerald is a writer and Chairman of Kickstarter’s Board of Directors. He is at work on his second book, The Great Refusal, with support from the New...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/horsegirl-on-putting-a-finger-on-your-feelings/
Musicians Horsegirl on putting a finger on your feelings – The Creative Independent
Musicians Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein, and Gigi Reece (Horsegirl) discuss embracing scrappiness, resisting the urge to compare themselves to their idols,...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/matt-starr/
Matt Starr – The Creative Independent
Matt Starr is a poet, artist and co-founder of Dream Baby Press. His debut poetry book MOUTHFUL is out now.
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-carla-dal-forno-on-creating-for-yourself/
Musician Carla Dal Forno on creating for yourself – The Creative Independent
Musician Carla Dal Forno discusses the merits of untraining yourself, responding to the moment, and finding balance.
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/composer-chris-rountree-on-creating-systems-that-work/
Composer Christopher Rountree on creating systems that work – The Creative Independent
Conductor and composer Christopher Rountree discusses balancing multiple roles, building systems and networks with people and ideas, and the power of being...
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https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/reggie-watts/
Reggie Watts – The Creative Independent
Reggie Watts is an American comedian and musician. His improvised musical sets are created using only his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine. Watts...
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Ashley Hefnawy – The Creative Independent
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Willis Plummer – The Creative Independent
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