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Creativity and Turmoil, part 1

Left to right:  Mitch Dobrowner,  Shiprock Storm ;  Mark Klett,  Moonset with Venus ; Edward Bateman,  Antelope Island No.766   I would have…

Link: https://blog.photoeye.com/2022/07/creativity-and-turmoil-part-1.html

At the beginning of the pandemic, I watched a live Zoom of Sophie Calle talking to students. I believe she wanted them to be totally in the moment – since she requested that it not be recorded. She was asked: “What advice would you give to students in this moment of peril.” There was something very grounding in her reply – or at least in how I remember it. “Every moment is a moment of peril. We never know when tragedy will personally strike us.”