Brunni (brunnicorsato)

Hey sloth friends (stealing this @naomiii hehe), I've slowly but surely adding some stuff to a board on Arena dedicated to Slowcore, just a place to dump findings that might be related to what we talk about here and how to better embody it. I made the board green, which means anyone on Arena can add blocks to it. Feel free to have a look and add blocks if you feel called. Anything goes! Memes, articles, random tweets or casts or even just a link. I would love to see it creating a life of it own hehe https://www.are.na/bruna-corsato/slowcore

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Hello hello ✨ It's Brunni here, your new co-moderator of this channel together with Gwynne. I was fortunate enough to meet Danica in the ether of Farcaster shortly before this channel as it is came to life. Being a life-long creative and creator stuck in the repetition of inspiration->hyper-production->burn out induced by hustle culture, coming across slowcore felt like a much needed balm to the soul and a permission slip to slow down and tend to the creative process at the speed it wants to happen and move through me. I've deeply thought, created and written about topics related to creativity, life as art, queerness as self-mythology, the starving artist archetype and meaning-making systems for 10+ years now. I believe breaking free from the shackles of systems and ideas that keep us in those loops are deeply intertwined with changing the pace at which we exist and create and, therefore, fundamentally slowcore. Expect to see more of that from me, as well as our usual beloved rituals.

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Me: Oh, I'll take it slow this summer Also me: organizes a creator hackathon, plans a wedding, hosts family from abroad, doubles down on side projects, takes up roller blading, goes camping every other weekend, picks up writing projects 🤡 Also on my mind: how do we cultivate the inner resources to really slow down?

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Been sitting on this for a while! After the latest Nerd Notes from @danicaswanson, it's time I share my thoughts on the starving artist __ There’s a lot of glorification around the struggling artist archetype but what most people don’t see is how hard it is to be creative when you’re stressed about rent. This narrative keep us starved and divided, while ironically tucked away on a pedestal. Committing to art is cool and aspirational, as long as it's a struggle. The moment you make it, you sell out - whatever that means. I can feel the itch to type KILL THE STARVING ARTIST, proverbial Molotov in imaginary hand, WHO’S WITH ME?!, but I pause. It’s too easy to blame the artist - the poor bastard is so overworked and underpaid they can’t even fight back. We need a shift in perspective, a radical way to go about things. New myths to tell the tale of the artist. But before we venture into world building, let us feed the starving artist. Then, and only then, can we begin to build a different reality.

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