15. Why Celebration Matters
Description
In this episode, Sarah and Cecily discuss the themes and practices of celebration, and how it supports our creative pursuits. Our conversation explores:
- Why celebration in the creative process is important.
- How celebration is both a radical act and a form of communication.
- What’s really at the heart of celebration (spoiler alert: it’s gratitude!).
- How cultural messaging around alcohol skews our sense of celebration.
- What celebration feels like according to the body.
- How capitalism alters our expectations of what merits celebration.
- The different forms celebration can take.
- An argument for creating our own weird holidays + "celebration leadership."
- How celebration, rest, and integration go hand in hand.
- Celebratory updates from four previous guests, including:
- Sarah & Cecily celebrate each other – and themselves. (1:18:00 )
- How to work with Sarah or Cecily while FTW is on hiatus. (1:34:00 )
You can find our guests and their work via the links here: Ebony Isis Booth, Goddexx, Kristina Gonzalez, and Kate Belew.
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Sound production and editing by Sarah Teresa Cook.
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