That place where there is no one answer, a place that requires sitting with something for an extended period of time. Because that’s the place where creativity thrives.

Maybe this is born out of our age of convenience, in which listicle-driven reading makes us start to crave even the most complex of ideas to be broken down into small, digestible components. Why sit with something if you can just read a summary and move on? Let’s be honest, I’m sure we’ve all scanned a headline and assumed we read the piece.

We live in a culture of answers. Everywhere you turn there is someone with a piece of advice, the offer of a life-changing tip of something that you should be doing, the presentation of a clear and precise path forward. Sometimes on social media I feel like we’ve all turned ourselves into water-down self help book authors—every single post put toge... See more