Creative Fuel with Anna Brones

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11 Pieces of Creative Life Advice from My 78-Year-Old Mom

Perfect is boring.

May 9

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Made with Artist Intelligence

A commitment to being human.

Mar 7

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Being Creatively Proactive

Personal creative manifestos and inspiration from Bertolt Brecht and Tove Jansson.

Jan 31

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Prescribe Yourself Some Art

The "forgotten fifth pillar of health."

Feb 7

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Create Dangerously

Words of wisdom from Albert Camus on the responsibility of artists in difficult times.

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A weekly dose of creativity.

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Summer Solstice Prompts

Made on a typewriter 🌞

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I Am Launching an Analog Newsletter!

Creative Fuel Quarterly: a seasonal snail mail subscription.

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Fire Child

Refusing to optimize creativity, spaces, and faces.

Jun 6

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Planting and Replanting

Or: letting birds be birds.

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Nice Things

Wildflowers, typewriters, and more.

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In Our Hands

Offline refuge.

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A weekly newsletter about the intersection of creativity, art, and everyday life.

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Interviews

Cults, Influence, and Truth as Creative Constraint

A conversation with Ellen Huet, author of Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult.

Nov 15, 2025•Anna Brones

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Art as a Portal to Wonderment

A conversation about watercolor, creative inspiration, and real life in Paris with artist Jessie Kanelos Weiner, author of the new book Thinking in…

Mar 8, 2025•Anna Brones

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What Happens When We Burn Out?

A conversation about the signs, and lessons, of creative burnout with writer Emma Gannon.

Feb 22, 2025

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Creative Winter

A conversation with writer Katherine May on taking breaks, the need for shutting down the external and turning inward, and the intense bursts of…

Jan 11, 2025•Anna Brones

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"Handmade things are made by bodies."

A conversation with artist Julie Cloutier about the physical and financial realities of making ceramics, running a small business, and finding creative…

Sep 14, 2024•Anna Brones

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“We are neither the cancer of the Earth nor its cure. We are its progeny, its poetry, and its mirror.”

A conversation with Ferris Jabr about his new book Becoming Earth, the precision and poetry of science writing, and the power of gardens.

Aug 3, 2024•Anna Brones

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"An artist is someone who is brave enough to let the inner thoughts come out."

A conversation with artist Lindsay Gardner on creative process, illness, and figuring out what we want to make and how we want to feel.

Jun 29, 2024•Anna Brones

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Seaweed, Ferns, and Sea Stars: The Fascinating World of Nature Printing

A conversation with Pia Östlund, co-author of Capturing Nature, about discovering an old art form, what it means to work on an enormous creative…

May 11, 2024•Anna Brones

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