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Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Our stories sit in the intersection of craft, career, and culture; highlighting smart solutions and innovative thinking that help remind us all: Creativity is a skill we can hone, and it is not only reserved for artists. This week, Camilo Cerro shares his design ideas for humans to become a multi-planetary species, Chris Page shares his practice of anti-nostalgia, and Willa K?erner shares the story about her innovative, off-the-beaten-path creative residency for all types of careers.
Architect and Interior Designer Camilo Cerro has seen 66 countries, from the glass tower high rises in New York, to the breathtaking mountain ranges near Barcelona, to the ultramodern architecture in Dubai. With his expanding worldview, he is working against the clock to redesign how our species can live in the 21st century — on the Moon, for example.
“Carl Sagan used to say you can’t have all your eggs in one basket. And we learned that from Covid-19 — just what one cold could do to the population of the planet,” Cerro says. “We cannot have the human race in one place. The next stage for our civilization to evolve is really to migrate to other planets.”
Read his full interview here, where Cerro explains exactly what this crazy vision entails and more; including how he practices the Buddhist notion of renunciation, why he feels most at home in New York, and why teaching women in the UAE is helping to shift the level of testosterone in the country.
They say curiosity is the most important creative trait. (Well, we said that, but we stole it from a bunch of our interview subjects.) And for Jelly / Think Artfully Owner Chris Page , that means you have to be anti-nostalgic.?
Now in his mid 50s, Page is intrigued by what he doesn’t know and fascinated to find out how it works.? “If you are a creative, you have to always be forward thinking,” he says. “I never yearn for anything that happened before.”?
You can see his curiosity and drive for change in his recent move to rebrand his different ventures into a global creative collective, or in his bigger goal to diversify the creative industry. To find out more about his inspiration for change, read his story.
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The Strange Foundation merges the best of both worlds; an off-the-beaten-path creative residency that hosts all types of creative practitioners to facilitate conversations about a better future.?
“Most of the residents we host aren’t visual artists — they’re journalists, organizers, curators, designers, politicians, writers, botanists, arts administrators, social-justice entrepreneurs, and everyone in between,” says Willa K?erner , The Strange Foundation co-founder. “The key aspect that ties all the residents we’ve hosted together is that each of them is imagining a more sustainable and equitable future — and taking proactive steps to make it real.”
Read the full story here, where K?erner discusses starting “The Strange;” how to build a better residency program; and why working toward a better future is a way of life.
While creative leaders tell other people’s stories all day, it’s hard for them to tell their own. (There is a reason biographies are better than autobiographies.) With our one-of-a-kind content experience we work alongside you, shadow you, and interview you (in person!) to help you find it and share yours. Let us tell your story.?
Newsletter written by Contributing Editor Madeleine Magill .