Beyond the Myths: Starving Artists, Mad Geniuses, and the Truth of Creative Life

August 16, 2025 Fateme Banishoeib

At their root, both serve the same purpose: to romanticize suffering, obscure systemic inequities, and discourage us from demanding more humane conditions for creative life.

The Victim-Persecutor-Rescuer Narrative

April 29, 2024 Fateme Banishoeib

We all must critically examine the narratives that inform our lives and work and consider how we may perpetuate or challenge existing power structures and inequalities.

Unlearning in the time of continuous learning

June 23, 2022 Fateme Banishoeib

The antidote to exhaustion isn't rest. It's wholeheartedness. David Whyte