Zoe Si on the Living a Creative Life and the Power of Belonging

In this episode, we have an interesting discussion with Zoe Si about her origin story from her career in law to how she became a celebrated artist, illustrator, and writer. Key themes in the discussion include the work that goes into living a creative life and how a developing sense of belonging can become a superpower.

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Zoe Si is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated cartoonist, illustrator, and writer with a lifelong passion for laughing at her own jokes. She believes in the power of words, but also that wherever words fail, a cartoon can usually succeed.

Zoe practiced law for a number of years and now spends her days contributing cartoons and articles to The New Yorker, working on a graphic novel, and making children’s books. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband and a large, fluffy dog. In her spare time, she enjoys running around outside and petting other people’s dogs.

Zoe acknowledges that she lives and works on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.

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