The Nudge Eric Jon Westerlind

Ethan Koss-Smith -- musician, poet, and resident devotee of Robinson Jeffers -- describes his process of putting Jeffers' poems to music and the particular limitations of that form. Later the group jumps into a shared writing exercise to create a 'new' form (if such a thing exists...).



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Tim and Eric duet about revision, discussing what it means to leave a piece aside. How long should it be left? Should it be left at all? Why is it so difficult to climb back into the seat and take the creative spark back to an existing, grown form?

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Screenwriter Jamie Grefe gets Nudged, as he begins chatting with Eric & Matt about his sound-editing and leads into a discussion of his many writing projects with various filmmakers. Jamie talks about the highs and lows of working in the business, and ultimately comes to accept failure as a healthy part of the process.

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How does one engage with culture while retaining sympathy for creators and audience? Is it the role of the artist to offer themselves up to the vultures? Jason joins The Nudge to discuss responsible engagement with media, writing for the public, and old-fashioned photography.

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Evan joins the conversation and brings the 2013 documentary film Tim's Vermeer to the party. Kyle and Evan debate with Eric over a definition of art, and Matt brings his perspective of process to bear. They agree, at least, that the "last five miles" of any artistic project are certainly the hardest. 

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Following Matt's sitting-in on Tim's creative writing class, Tim, Matt, and Eric have a lengthy discussion on a variety of topics, from developing surprise in written work to vulnerability as a requisite sauce for quality. Beyond that, they touch on risk in writing, what it's like and whether it's possible to write 'for a prize', dealing with rejection and avoiding tokenism, and being white, male, and grown-up about it.

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