By Jeremy Hobson, Allison Hagan — 2019
A key part of happiness is learning how to deal with failure—something the convenience of technology has made people forget
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I’ve learned about how artists can deal with rejection from well over 1,000 interviews with artists for Yale University Radio, as well as my experience as an artist...
The following interview is part of a “future of mental health” interview series. This series presents different points of view about what helps a person in distress.
Creative people are able to juggle seemingly contradictory modes of thought—cognitive and emotional, deliberate and spontaneous.
Any creative process is a dance between the inner and the outer; the unconscious and conscious mind; dreaming and doing; madness and method; solitary reflection and active collaboration.
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“Representation and visibility is given to us by larger power structures, but what do we give ourselves? I’m more interested in that. What questions are we asking ourselves to grow and heal? To challenge the ways this world constantly teaches us to hate ourselves?”
The ever-viral artist discusses his meteoric rise and the pressures of being a Black gay musician on a global stage.