On Creativity, Vol. 2: Embracing Rest & Stillness
This 48-page zine explores into the transformative power of rest and stillness in the creative process. With insights into neuroscience, productivity, and the beauty of slowing down, this zine offers actionable tools to help you recharge, find focus, and tap into inspiration on your own terms.
Printed locally in Portland, OR, with a striking risograph cover, this half-letter-sized zine (5.5” x 8.5”) is packed with prompts, insights, and frameworks, designed to help you embrace stillness, honor your natural creative rhythms, and create with intention.
ᴢɪɴᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛs
◌ The Neuroscience of Rest: The role of rest in creativity and how it helps the brain thrive.
◌ The Incubation Process: Understanding how ideas grow when we step away.
◌ Societal Expectations: Escaping hustle culture and redefining productivity.
◌ Redefining Productivity: Build a personal model of productivity that works for you.
◌ Strategic Breaks: Align with your creative energy and take intentional pauses.
◌ Cultivating Stillness: Explore mindfulness and exercises to embrace quiet.
◌ Many Irons: Discover the benefits of the "many irons" approach to creative work.
◌ Creative Seasons: Learn to respect and work within your creative cycles.
◌ Burnout: Recognize and address creative burnout with actionable strategies.
ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛ
— 48 pages, half-letter size (5.5” x 8.5”)
— Risograph-printed cover, locally made in Portland, OR
— Professionally printed, saddle-stitched binding
This 48-page zine explores into the transformative power of rest and stillness in the creative process. With insights into neuroscience, productivity, and the beauty of slowing down, this zine offers actionable tools to help you recharge, find focus, and tap into inspiration on your own terms.
Printed locally in Portland, OR, with a striking risograph cover, this half-letter-sized zine (5.5” x 8.5”) is packed with prompts, insights, and frameworks, designed to help you embrace stillness, honor your natural creative rhythms, and create with intention.
ᴢɪɴᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛs
◌ The Neuroscience of Rest: The role of rest in creativity and how it helps the brain thrive.
◌ The Incubation Process: Understanding how ideas grow when we step away.
◌ Societal Expectations: Escaping hustle culture and redefining productivity.
◌ Redefining Productivity: Build a personal model of productivity that works for you.
◌ Strategic Breaks: Align with your creative energy and take intentional pauses.
◌ Cultivating Stillness: Explore mindfulness and exercises to embrace quiet.
◌ Many Irons: Discover the benefits of the "many irons" approach to creative work.
◌ Creative Seasons: Learn to respect and work within your creative cycles.
◌ Burnout: Recognize and address creative burnout with actionable strategies.
ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛ
— 48 pages, half-letter size (5.5” x 8.5”)
— Risograph-printed cover, locally made in Portland, OR
— Professionally printed, saddle-stitched binding
This 48-page zine explores into the transformative power of rest and stillness in the creative process. With insights into neuroscience, productivity, and the beauty of slowing down, this zine offers actionable tools to help you recharge, find focus, and tap into inspiration on your own terms.
Printed locally in Portland, OR, with a striking risograph cover, this half-letter-sized zine (5.5” x 8.5”) is packed with prompts, insights, and frameworks, designed to help you embrace stillness, honor your natural creative rhythms, and create with intention.
ᴢɪɴᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛs
◌ The Neuroscience of Rest: The role of rest in creativity and how it helps the brain thrive.
◌ The Incubation Process: Understanding how ideas grow when we step away.
◌ Societal Expectations: Escaping hustle culture and redefining productivity.
◌ Redefining Productivity: Build a personal model of productivity that works for you.
◌ Strategic Breaks: Align with your creative energy and take intentional pauses.
◌ Cultivating Stillness: Explore mindfulness and exercises to embrace quiet.
◌ Many Irons: Discover the benefits of the "many irons" approach to creative work.
◌ Creative Seasons: Learn to respect and work within your creative cycles.
◌ Burnout: Recognize and address creative burnout with actionable strategies.
ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛ
— 48 pages, half-letter size (5.5” x 8.5”)
— Risograph-printed cover, locally made in Portland, OR
— Professionally printed, saddle-stitched binding
