{"id":7422,"date":"2023-08-23T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/?p=7422"},"modified":"2024-03-18T15:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:36:24","slug":"sammi-gale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/23\/sammi-gale\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Sammi Gale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7422\" class=\"elementor elementor-7422\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66dca4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66dca4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a36d53\" data-id=\"5a36d53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb5d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1bb5d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fefc2fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fefc2fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; background: transparent; color: #FFF;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How can we work to overcome the systematic de-professionalisation of the arts and writing? I don\u2019t know. Perversely, or selfishly, maybe we accept it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; background: transparent; color: #0e101a;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"color: #FFF; font-size: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: #FFF; font-size: 30px;\">&#8211; Sammi Gale<\/i><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15fc3d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15fc3d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #FFF; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b><i>Sticky Teeth&#8217;s micro-interviews have less to chew off.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Ft. words from creative professionals at the intersection of the arts and writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #FFF; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #FFF; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Take a bite of <a href=\"http:\/\/sammigale.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sammi Gale&#8217;s <\/a>thoughts on problems with\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">collective action, and the essentials of empathy and meaning within creative endeavours to (somehow, in some way) mitigate pervading issues in the arts sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #FFF; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #FFF; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><strong style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">xx Tahney<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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href=\"mailto:mailtto:sammi@plinth.uk.com\">sammi@plinth.uk.com<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-931bd2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-ober-social-links\" data-id=\"931bd2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ober-social-links.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<!-- social -->\n\t\t<div class=\"social-links scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/galesammi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/sammigale.substack.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-blog\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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London-based writer and editor.<\/h2><div data-container=\"512753557\" data-fieldid=\"490848039\" data-supportembedding=\"true\"><div><div><div data-chart=\"512753557\" data-fieldid=\"490848039\"><div><div>His poems and short stories have appeared in publications such as Datableed, Lighthouse and The Colorado Review. He\u2019s the editor and curator at Plinth and also edits Grimshaw Foundation. Bylines include GQ, the i newspaper and Little White Lies. He makes poetry slash music tracks as Fffirst Time with producer Jack Bartrop.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94bb61b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94bb61b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong><span data-questiontitle=\"1123158385\"><i>Tahney: <\/i>For you, what&#8217;s a major problem in the arts\/writing?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<div data-container=\"1123158385\" data-fieldid=\"1638489928\" data-supportembedding=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-chart=\"1123158385\" data-fieldid=\"1638489928\">\n<div>\n\n<i>Sammi Gale: <\/i><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #FFF;\">The first thing that comes to mind is it\u2019s hard not to agree with<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/19\/tess-maunder\/\"> Tess\u2019 points around writers and pay. <\/a>But since the Tories would rather commit seppuku than allow anything like (as she sensibly suggests) universal basic income into these isles, I\u2019m afraid I\u2019m a little more cynical about how we might overcome it.\u00a0<\/span>\n<p style=\"color: #FFF; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We are suffering from a collective action problem: <a href=\"https:\/\/zeefeed.com.au\/hollywood-strikes-compared-australia\/?fbclid=PAAaZF2IVJ4N9VhbjIYrvtLxNuPALuZxD73_ABKVhfkneyLuKvujZs7p_UhOY_aem_AUPRVZLFmTslcydeoyRujBlQE4tAXHwkpEp9e5lYbKoNWhV71av5BopQmDXKTJ1BV6k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">never mind a strike in Hollywood<\/a>, all the writers, artists and creatives the world over would have to unionise. Trying to solve inequity by our own individual actions doesn\u2019t have much purchase on Big Capital and can feel pretty exhausting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i>That said, I\u2019ve been thinking about this recently and here\u2019s where I\u2019m at:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\nEmpathy and capitalism are strange bedfellows.\u00a0<span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Perhaps it\u2019s no wonder that writing and the arts, more widely, have been booted off the top bunk in the past few decades.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">I hope I don\u2019t sound too telenovela by saying<\/span><strong style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"> there could be a correlation between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsprofessional.co.uk\/news\/arts-workers-get-lowest-pay-rise-any-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wages in the arts plummeting <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/podcasts\/speaking-of-psychology\/empathy-narcissism#:~:text=of%20us%20are.-,There&#039;s%20scientific%20research%20to%20back%20up%20the%20notion%20that%20Americans,people%20from%201979%20to%202009.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports of empathy erosion<\/a> <\/strong><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">over the past few decades.<\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Anyway, it\u2019s pretty clear that if money is the metric, society really doesn\u2019t care about writing. Caring is pretty low on the market\u2019s list of priorities, too.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nOn the one hand, the capitalist can\u2019t very well grease the wheels of production with pesky feelings, can she?<strong style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">On the other, it is precisely<\/span><strong style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"> empathetic skills<\/strong><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"> \u2013 lateral thinking, hot takes, communication, persuasion, negotiation, reducing lots of information down to its essence, seeing in new ways, and a hunger for a larger internal life \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">which<\/span> <span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b>will be absolutely essential if we have any hope of innovating our way out of this increasingly desperate state<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">of planet-being-literally-on-fire.<\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<h5>What are our options, then?<\/h5>\nHow can we work to overcome the systematic de-professionalisation of the arts and writing? I don\u2019t know. Perversely, or selfishly, <b>maybe we accept it?\u00a0<\/b>\n\nI\u2019m not saying our next job should be in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2020\/oct\/12\/ballet-dancer-could-reskill-with-job-in-cyber-security-suggests-uk-government-ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cyber \u00e0 la poor Fatima the ballerina<\/a>. Rather, instead of straining and striving for a proper wage and comparing number of Twitter followers and bristling at whose got the giggiest gig in the gig economy, it\u2019s easier on the soul to recognise that society\u2019s stories about production, wealth and value are used to promote private wealth at the expense of the public good. Not only does realising this make it a lot easier to write, it makes the act of writing more exciting and subversive \u2013 <b>if not doing it in exchange for fair remuneration, what other kinds of value might you do it for anyway?\u00a0<\/b>\n\nIf we could all be alive to this question and aim to make little meaningful encounters (it doesn\u2019t have to be putting words into bettering patterns, there are plenty of activities that are creative, genuinely valuable and meaning-making), then that will have meant something, surely \u2013 perhaps only to you and a handful of others, <b>but it sounds like a nice life\u2019s project.<\/b>\n<h5 style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\"><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">Some arts writing (and the like) you&#8217;re loving rn?\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" data-container=\"1123158385\" data-fieldid=\"1638489928\" data-supportembedding=\"true\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" data-chart=\"1123158385\" data-fieldid=\"1638489928\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" data-chart=\"2044143193\" data-fieldid=\"88905415\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">Recently, I loved\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emmaggarland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Garland\u2019s Moth Club lecture on Lana Del Ray<\/a>\u00a0as a \u2018fun lovin\u2019 genius.&#8217;\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/strangeattractor.co.uk\/shoppe\/catastrophe-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gary Zhexi Zhang\u2019s new book\u00a0<i style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">Catastrophe Time<\/i><\/a>\u00a0is just as staggering as\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/plinth.uk.com\/blogs\/in-the-studio-with\/dead-cat-bounce-somerset-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dead Cat Bounce<\/a>, his oratorio in collaboration with the also insanely brilliant\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/wastepaperopera.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waste Paper Opera<\/a>, which it followed. Both take on the links between catastrophe, finance and reality-making and blew my little mind. I\u2019ve got endless time for\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/author\/emily-watkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emily Watkins<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/eloise-hendy-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eloise Hendy,<\/a>\u00a0art writers and journalists.\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/716136\/which-as-you-know-means-violence-by-philippa-snow\/#:~:text=In%20Which%20as%20You%20Know,%2C%20danger%2Dloving%20YouTube%20freaks.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippa Snow\u2019s book on violence was sick\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 I could go on. Fine,\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emmacline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Cline<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2019\/nov\/04\/it-made-me-really-crazy-ben-lerner-on-confronting-male-rage-and-family-trauma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Lerner<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/16\/books\/ottessa-moshfegh-death-in-her-hands.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ottessa Moshfegh<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 I\u2019m only human.<\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<h5 style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">A quote from one of these?<\/h5>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">Gosh, too many.<\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">How about this one instead I heard last night &#8212; isn\u2019t it lovely?<\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\u201cThere would be people walking in the garden \u2013 several pairs of people \u2013 their conversation their slow pacing \u2013 their glances as they pass one another \u2013 the pauses as flowers \u2018come in\u2019 as it were \u2013 as a bright dazzle, an exquisite haunting scent, a shape so formal and fine, so much a flower of the mind\u2026A kind of, musically speaking \u2013 conversation set to flowers.&#8221; \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katherinemansfield.com\/article\/a-bouquet-for-mansfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katherine Mansfield to Lady Ottoline Morrell<\/a> (15 August 1917)<\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Rubik; font-size: 32px; font-weight: bold;\">Give yourself a shout-out!\u00a0 What&#8217;s been a fav project? And your most recent?\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">I really enjoyed working on this feature for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/lifestyle\/article\/what-is-weaponised-incompetence-personal-essay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GQ about weaponised incompetence<\/a>, it was so great working with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sam-parker.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brilliant editor Sam Parker.<\/a> Collaborating with Jack Bartrop on <a href=\"https:\/\/fffirsttime.cargo.site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fffirst time<\/a> keeps me out of (read: in) mischief. Recently, I guess this one on Surface and Depth in <a href=\"https:\/\/plinth.uk.com\/blogs\/magazine\/barbenheimer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbenheimer<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/plinth.uk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plinth<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0d6561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0d6561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>More of <a href=\"http:\/\/sammigale.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sammi Gale here<\/a>.<\/b><\/h3><h3><b>Interview by <a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/\">Tahney Fosdike<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e30b1b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e30b1b7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b91c4f\" data-id=\"4b91c4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c99156 elementor-cta--layout-image-left elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"9c99156\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/45-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C900&#038;ssl=1);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Tahney Fosdike arts writer content specialist\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHey! My name is Tahney. I design words that fill the space between you, your creative project, and your audience.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"mailto:hello@tahney.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGet in touch \t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd7b4d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd7b4d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a60a69d\" data-id=\"a60a69d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82f2f42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82f2f42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For more on arts writing: <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153e7cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-ober-blog\" data-id=\"153e7cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ober-blog.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Blog -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"blog-items\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"archive-item\">\n\t<div id=\"post-9957\" class=\"post-9957 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sticky-teeth category-micro-interview\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/david-willis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Installing-ANIMAL-HOUSE-photo-by-Luke-Schneider-Dave-Willis.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with David Willis\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>August 21, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/david-willis\/\">Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with David Willis<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>David Willis: &#8220;It is my personal mission as an art writer to strike a balance between critical rigour and concise readability.&#8221; <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- #post-9957 -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"archive-item\">\n\t<div id=\"post-9351\" class=\"post-9351 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-writing category-micro-interview category-sticky-teeth\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/carmela-vienna\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gender-Gap-Talk-Carmela-Vienna.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Carmela Vienna\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>June 30, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/carmela-vienna\/\">Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Carmela Vienna<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Carmela Vienna talks about the overreliance on AI in arts marketing and social media, and the need for more inspired, well-edited content, as well as treating arts marketing more seriously within arts orgs in general. <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- #post-9351 -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"archive-item\">\n\t<div id=\"post-8986\" class=\"post-8986 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-writing category-micro-review category-sticky-teeth\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/venice-biennale-2024\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-21-at-10.07.26-pm-1.png?fit=1920%2C1089&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Review:  Is the 2024 Venice Biennale too overwhelming?\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>May 28, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/venice-biennale-2024\/\">Review:  Is the 2024 Venice Biennale too overwhelming?<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Too, with the Venice Biennale as a whole, in this unearthliness, the curatorial was a blur of impact and thought. I wasn\u2019t sure if it was possible to achieve anything cohesive. I\u2019m still not sure if it\u2019s possible to look at, en masse like this, the variety of mediums, ideas, and cultural contexts and get it and not just be overwhelmed, weary, and clueless.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- #post-8986 -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"archive-item\">\n\t<div id=\"post-8859\" class=\"post-8859 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-micro-interview category-sticky-teeth category-writing\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/haneen-mahmood-martin\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6977-Haneen-Mahmood-Martin-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Haneen Mahmood Martin\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>April 25, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/haneen-mahmood-martin\/\">Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Haneen Mahmood Martin<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Haneen Mahmood Martin talks about shared accountability and diverse perspectives in the arts industry, matching words with actions\u2014i.e., more POC in leadership positions\u2014and the use of clear, accessible, but impactful language. <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- #post-8859 -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"archive-item\">\n\t<div id=\"post-8559\" class=\"post-8559 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-micro-interview category-sticky-teeth\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/liv-collins\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/liv-collins-studios-I-oliv-col.png?fit=1588%2C2000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Liv Collins\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>March 18, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/liv-collins\/\">Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Liv Collins<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Liv Collins has an infectious energy rare in an industry of pretension. I&#8217;m really excited to feature her in this sticky teeth micro-interview for her truths about writing education at art school and some hot insider arts reading suggestions. <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- #post-8559 -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"archive-item\">\n\t<div id=\"post-8497\" class=\"post-8497 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-micro-interview category-sticky-teeth\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/20\/anna-kate-blair\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-at-22.52.42-Anna-Kate-Blair.png?fit=1186%2C790&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Anna Kate Blair\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>February 20, 2024<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/20\/anna-kate-blair\/\">Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Anna Kate Blair<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Anna Kate Blair speaks on the intersection of art, writing, and time. 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She also explores working with her grandmother on her memoir and the possibilities of Substack for creativity. <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- #post-8042 -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"archive-item\">\n\t<div id=\"post-7747\" class=\"post-7747 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-micro-interview category-sticky-teeth category-writing\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/16\/suzanne-claridge\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/A007859-R1-17-17-suzanne-claridge-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C1285&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Suzanne Claridge\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category scrolla-element-anim-1 scroll-animate\" data-animate=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>October 16, 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