The grit you develop while making do with less is more valuable than the tools themselves.
Jamie Bell
Jamie Bell is a Winnipeg-based interdisciplinary artist and strategist working at the intersection of media arts, community engagement, and public affairs. Among others, his work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, with a focus on participatory media, strategic communications, and arts-based collaboration across northern and urban contexts.
When you let the tech handle the grunt work, you get to stay in your flow state...
Being useful to your neighbors is a massive cheat code for nervous system regulation.
These spots give us third places where we can just exist without needing to buy anything.
Creating in the wild builds a creative backbone that no climate-controlled studio session can ever replicate.
The vibe shift happens the moment you realize the world is bigger than your insecurities.
Reconnecting isn't a grand, cinematic gesture; it is a series of tiny, uncomfortable micro-decisions to be present.
Permission to be messy is the strongest tool you have against the silence of the blank page.
You can fix a bad page, but you can't fix a blank one; let it be messy.
You aren't there to dazzle them with perfection; you are there to offer a moment of honesty.
