How we can resist despair and keep creating even in turbulent times

Excerpt from the longer Creative Mind Audio episode How we can resist despair and keep creating even in turbulent times - “This is precisely the time when artists go to work."

In the full length episode:

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.“ - Toni Morrison

Actor and writer Amber Tamblyn reads comments by journalist Rebecca Solnit, followed by Solnit talking about activism for social change and not giving up.

Psychologist Melanie Joy talks about how distressing media and events can be for highly sensitive people, and how our intense emotions can turn us away from things we desire to change in the world.

"A dysregulated nervous system can turn routine experiences into sources of stress.” Dr Cathleen King

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