Dear reader, Today is May 31st, 2022! A good day. I hope it is a good day for you too. What adventures have you been on recently, internal adventures even? Update: Now it is June 7th, 2022. I am writing this in a coffee shop, editing and adding to this…

Dear reader, How are you? In the last artist feature I think I totally forgot to ask about you. Get excited, because in this letter I get to share with you very many cool things about artist Laura (they/she). Laura was the first person I interviewed for this project, and…

Dear reader, How are you feeling? What music have you listened to recently? I am sitting in Fondren Library, again, and feeling quite bittersweet as I listen to Madeline the Person. Send me music recommendations if you get the chance to, I’m always curious. In my anthropology class, I sat…

Dear reader, Welcome to the first of a few letters to come that feature the brilliant artists I spoke with for Dead Time, Living Art. The first feature is of Nia Howze, who you will come to know shortly. I wrote these articles as I went back and listened to…

Dear reader, I saw the above image from a psychology study in the Journal of Creative Behavior (White 2018) looking at the “creative chaos” of ADHD minds. Two groups of participants- one ADHD, the other non-ADHD- were told to draw an “alien fruit”, and these were the results. The image…

Dear Reader, How are you? How are you feeling? Where are you as you read this? Personally, I am pretty good. “Good” is vague, so let me explain more: It is April 16, 2022. I am sitting in a chair, at a rectangular wood table on the third floor of…