The Creative Independent

Fashion and style editor Mahoro Seward on setting up infrastructures of care for the people who need them most

Musician Enji on music as a mirror for personal change

Publisher and photographer Jesse Feinman on imagining another world

Actor, comedian, and musician Fred Armisen on making work for your friends

Musician Nicole Miglis on sticking to your artistic intentions

Perfumer Trey Taylor on questioning what you consume

Musician Ben Kweller on finding reasons to be grateful

Visual artist Wendy Red Star on collaborating with your ancestors

Filmmaker Bing Liu on trying things over and over again

Musician Billianne on how work evolves with you

Writer Grace Byron on getting out of your bubble

Singer-songwriter, model, and writer Indigo Sparke on abandoning a timeline

Writer Zoe Dubno on the importance of good mentors

Editor/podcaster Erin Yanke and writer Rich Cross on doing what it is you need to do

Comic book artist and writer Sean Chen on thriving outside of your comfort zone

Visual artist Annie Lapin on finding new ways to be an artist

Poet and writer Daniela Naomi Molnar on art as an antidote to loneliness

Painter Zak Prekop on knowing what you have to do

Writer and editor Nicole A. Lamy on amplifying the voices of others

Visual artist Christopher Michael Hefner on letting go of the idea of the tortured artist

Musician Cornelia Murr on letting your work belong to the world

Curatorial duo ATLA (Ryu Takahashi and Jenny Hata Blumenfield) on committing to the creative path as a lifestyle

Poet and writer Diana Arterian on creating mental space to make room for deep work

Musician Colin Miller on focusing on the small things

Artist and concept store curator Cecilia “CC” Doan on realizing a hidden dream

Musician Annahstasia on consuming art with intention