Whose imagination are we centering? I talk with Amahra Spence, an artist, an organizer, and a designer for social justice movements. Amahra is the co-founder of MAIA, an arts and social justice organization that’s based in the West Midlands, UK that is committed to...
As we turn the corner into 2020, I take a look at one simple practice that will help you nurture your ideas, find your purpose, and heal. In this mini-episode, I examine how we can apply the concept of “holding space” to the way we move through our daily lives. What...
We all have unfinished conversations that haunt us. Mira Jacob decided to take all of hers and craft them into an incredible graphic memoir called Good Talk. In this episode, Mira and I take a deep dive into the mechanics of the creative process. We discuss how she...
Creativity resists efficiency. Yet we live in a world that insists everything can be made more efficient. So what happens when inspiration can’t be optimized? In this episode, I explore the tension between creativity and efficiency. I talk about how advances in...
We think of productive people as being tidy, organized, focused. But when it comes to the creative process, it turns out that these rules don’t apply. In this episode, I sit down with Tim Harford, author of the book Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our...
Walking is many things: A way to think, a way to daydream, a way to relax, a way to exercise, and a way to be less hurried. In this episode, I dig into the wonders of walking with the aptly named Alissa Walker, the urbanism editor at Curbed, a denizen of Los Angeles...
Nature really is the best medicine. Miraculously, even small doses of greenery — like a quiet stroll through a public park — can sharpen your memory, increase your creativity, lower your stress levels, and even counteract negative thought loops. In this episode, I...
About the Host
Hurry Slowly host Jocelyn K. Glei (@jkglei) strives to help people find more creativity and meaning in their daily work. Read more →