In this interview, recorded in January 2021, Kate shares a bit of her journey and the practices present for her at this point of her relationship with creativity, academia, self-employment, spirituality and more. She talks about coming to know the role of innovation and play in how she does what she does, and the realization of a creative consciousness as a guiding force in her path. In the first segment, we mention a few books that are working through us: The Moon Book by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, How to not Always be Working by Marlee Grace and Making your Life as an Artist by Andrew Simonet.
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Kate Burns (she/her) is a feminist community builder and researcher from Santa Cruz, California. Her academic and creative work is rooted in politics of emotionality and care and the use of narrative and storytelling as methods for individual empowerment and social change. She holds a BA in Religious Studies and an MA in Critical Gender Studies. Kate is currently based in Budapest, Hungary, where she coruns Ways House, a queer feminist art residency & rest space. Go find kate on ig @laurel.yaak
