Ep. 006 - What's the Story?

We talk about what it means to resist categorical thinking and
the often false narratives we construct about our own lives. From
Annette’s participation in a bar association panel as a
non-lawyer, to Sarah’s grappling with loss of identity, there is
a need to rewrite the story we want our lives to tell, which
means embracing the uncertainty of the creative process. We
discuss how contemplative silence allows us to shed other
people's expectations and to dismantle linear narratives all too
common in the hyper-rational legal world.


Resources:


Megan O'Grady's article "Is the Age of the Artistic Recluse
Over?" from the NYTimes Magazine can be found here.

Meghan O'Rourke's article "Lessons in Stillness From One of
the Quietest Places on Earth" also from the NYTimes Magazine can
be found here.

More from Elizabeth Gilbert on passion vs. curiosity can be
found here.

On the topic of living creatively, Julia Cameron writes
in The Artist's Way that "we are looking not to grand
strokes of change - although they may come - but instead to the
act of creatively husbanding all that is in the present: this
job, this house, this relationship."

Ruth Chang's Ted Talk on Hard Choices can be found here.

Tara Brach heart gesture can be found here.



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