There’s a popular New Year meme about picking words to act as guideposts for the year. And in this first month of 2024, I’ve found myself reflecting on two sort of abstract terms I use to describe what I’m up to with this podcast: “visionary,” and “praxis.”
These terms are signifiers for the real core of what I’m grappling with here – the disconnect so many creatives experience between all the beautiful and transformative things we believe about creative craft in theory, and all the doubt and dismissiveness we often feel about our own work in reality.
Today I’m getting into what I’m actually saying when I say “visionary writers” or “visionary storytelling,” and why I think cultivating a visionary approach could free us from all of our creative hang-ups and blocks and neuroses, now and forever.
(I am clearly joking with that grandiose claim… but also, I’m kind of not?)
To kick off year two of the podcast, dive deep with me to discover what could be possible when we define true vision for ourselves and our stories.
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Episode links:
Walidah Imarisha
What is "Visionary Fiction"?: An Interview with Walidah Imarisha.
Tyson Yunkaporta
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
For the Wild podcast: Tyson Yunkaporta on Inviolable Lore
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