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Iām back from my podcasting hiatus and so excited to share this episode with autistic artist & poet Morgan Harper Nichols. We talk about creativity and its intersection with neurodivergence. It was such a great chat I completely forgot we were podcasting because Morgan was such a joy to talk to. Join us as we geek out about the things we love and our shared experiences.
Scroll down for the show notes and links to everything we mention in todayās episode.
Morgan Harper Nichols
is an autistic artist, poet, and musician. She has published several books, including the WSJ Bestseller All Along You Were Blooming. Morgan uses a wide range of media to make her work - everything from pencil and acrylic to digital collage and 3D virtual spaces, and much more.
Website // Substack // Instagram // Books // Storyteller App
Show Notes
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Neurodivergent Space Time is a Substack publication by artist and author Sarah Shotts. If you would like more content about creativity and neurodivergence subscribe below.
Things We Mentioned
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture (articles by Morgan & Sarah in this issue)
The Lord of the Rings
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Wheel of Time (WoT fandom & The Dusty Wheel)
The Chronicles of Prydain
Tamora Pierce
Brandon Sanderson
Essence Fest
Tangle Fidget Tool
Neurodiversity Affirming Resources
I created these resources for people who want to learn more about neurodivergence, autism & sensory processing.
Some Highlights from Morganās Instagram
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Today Iām so excited to announce that I am co-creating a picture book with friend and illustrator Gracie Klumpp. š„³
This is the second episode of Neurodivergent Space Time. This is a little experiment in unmasked podcasting I started last month. If you missed the first episode you can listen here.
Show Notes
Find the transcript here.
Support our picture book How it Feels to Me by pledging or preordering on Indiegogo.
Subscribe to Gracieās new Substack Leave the Fingerprints and follow her Instagram.
A peek at some of the concept artā¦
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Iāve had an epiphany about how I want to show up here inspired by my friend Gracie Klumpp. Weāve been exchanging voice notes about autism and neurodivergence and she suggested they would be a great podcast.
This episode is a bit of an introduction, but I hope to show up here with the same types of conversations I have with my neurodivergent friends.
I want to embrace questions and have nuanced conversations. Neurodivergence is different for everyone so perfect answers donāt really exist.
Letās explore neurodivergent space time together.
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Show Notes
Find the transcript here.
Gracie and I are co-creating a picture book! Itās all about neurodiversity and sensory processing. Youāll hear more soon.
Hit reply if youād like to join the Hype Team and help us spread the word! š„³
Follow us on IG @sarahdshotts & @gracieklumpp.
Join the Conversation
Iād love to know what resonates and hear a bit of your origin story if youāre comfortable sharing!
Neuro kindreds arenāt as scarce in this world as I used to think. Somehow we end up in each otherās orbits. š«
Iām so glad you made it here to Neurodivergent Space Time. If you want to keep in touch be sure to subscribe! š„°
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Originally posted to neurodivergentspacetime.substack.com on April 13, 2023.
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A podcast chat with my friend Claire Venus about motherhood, creativity, and our collaborative photography project The Magic Mundane.
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Creatively Conscious on Substack
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Website
Here a few images from the one year photo exchange.
Show Notes
Also mentioned in this episodeā¦
Our Beautiful Reality the Journal
The Magic Mundane
Kate Laing on Kindle Curiosity Season 3, Episode 2
Connect with Sarah
Instagram
Substack
Portfolio
Support the Podcast & Access Video Feed
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Order my book Discover Your Creative Ecosystem.
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Months ago I scribbled "orbiting ideas" on an index card. What I meant at the time was the feeling of having an idea, forgetting it, returning to the idea, not having energy of it, leaving it, and finally meeting that idea when the time was right.
I used to fight this.
Or feel extremely guilty about it.
But Iām learning that this rhythm is actually a healthy part of my creative ecosystem.
Rather than living in a perpetual state of creative burn out (Iām looking at you 2018) Iām even more productive since following the gravitational pull of my own orbit.
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It can be frustrating gliding right past a shiny idea thatās just out of reach. Or catapulting through sparkling space dust that you know is magic, but you canāt quite make out.
For example, right now Iām curious about the hard science of orbit and how NASA calculates the trajectory of space craft. š
But, Davyās at the end of his nap, Nathan is ready for dinner, and I find myself skimming right past.
That doesnāt mean I have to give up on the idea. I mean, it sounds fascinating (if potentially a little math heavy). Maybe when I reread the Lady Astronaut series Iāll revisit the idea and Hank Green will have made the perfect accessible Sci Show video to explain.
(Ok, while I was looking for an image to put here I found this link. This is why I have 500 tabs open on my phone.)
Trusting that I will come back to the mechanics of orbiting at some point Iām moving on. I think you get the basic idea.
So many of us, especially neurodivergent creators, are shamed for āshiny object syndromeā or āproject hoppingā or ālack of focus.ā
But what Iām experiencing is far from a lack of focus, itās extreme (yet somewhat unwieldy) hyperfocus. And when I let my hyperfocus take the lead I fall into a deeply productive creative flow.
This is how Iāve made more art and drafted three books in three years since my son has been born. The years before were a wash of structured āproductivityā during which I spent a lot of time working, but didn't engage very deeply in my creative work.
Over the summer Iāve been preparing to give a talk on neurodiversity for my sonās school. When I started researching and the pull toward going deeper and deeper got stronger and stronger like I was being tugged into a black hole.
ā¦ I may have accidentally started writing another book.
And another chapter for my creative ecosystem book.
Iām going to ride this out and when Davy starts school I should have enough control of the spacecraft to land on a cozy asteroid and finish up Discover Your Creative Ecosystem.
For me to control the spacecraft I need a certain amount of quiet time to reset from the overstimulation of motherhood. Otherwise our escape pod is just spinning and I am putting out endless fires.
Iām also having a lot of fun with the space imagery for this project inspired by the term neurodivergent space time which I coined for an art project earlier this year. I was a massive space nerd in first grade and my inner child is living their best life. āØ
What about you? Do you orbit ideas a few times before you can really land on them?
Letās talk about that.
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