HeyJaredThe Spark (A Follow Your Curiosity Production)
Writings and reflections inspired by following my own curiosity, wherever it happens to take me
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The part of you that refuses to give in (opens the original)
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Why is it that people always say the thing that makes you want to scream when you can’t respond?That’s what happened to poet , my guest this week, while he was at the dentist. He was completely unable to say anything when she declared to the hygienist that we lose our imaginations as adults.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eTCH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F
There was only one honest answer (opens the original)
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I’m going to be super honest with you: I’ve had a massive vulnerability hangover since I posted this week’s episode. If you’re not familiar with that term, it refers to the feelings of panic, regret, and maybe even terror after you’ve done something vulnerable, like sharing a personal story or being especially emotionally honest.I sat down to try to write this post yesterday and couldn’t figure out why I was opening every other tab in my browser except this one. When I finally made myself move t
Shut out of your own creativity? (opens the original)
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Two episodes are landing in your inbox today, so let's catch up on the first one before we get to the second.Last week’s Report from the Creative Closet is an unusual one for me. It was inspired by a Reddit post I saw where someone was very upset over, as far as he could see, being denied any sort of creativity in his life, and the torment of what happened when he tried something new and … it didn’t go as he hoped.I was still thinking about it several days later, because his anger was so real. I
Do you know a Story Kid? (opens the original)
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Once upon a time…I, like all of us, was a kid in school.More specifically, I was a kid with an outsized imagination who didn’t have much choice to use it. Why? Because I wasn’t allowed to watch my favorite TV show (if you’ve been around here for more than five minutes, you know the one). My parents didn’t understand it, much less like it, and watching TV on a weekend afternoon? As far as they were concerned, I might as well have been suggesting getting high, drunk, and naked on the front lawn on
Curiosity Clinic: Proceed at Your Own Risk (opens the original)
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I’ve been wanting to re-inject some fun into the Spark for a while, for me as much as for everyone else. The fact is, I’ve been feeling a bit conflicted in the last year or so. I miss writing, but I’ve definitely been noticing that video is faster for me, and thus feels a bit more alive—not least because it’s faster—in the last few years. And it’s getting harder for me to tell what should be a video (and therefore probably a solo podcast episode), and what shouldn’t. <div class="pr
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