Hope should not be taken to imply brutal resilience, assuming unconditional acceptance of and adaptability to conditions of precarity though the banalization or routinization of hardship.
This caution protects the concept of hope from collapsing into a celebration of endurance. It foregrounds the difference between coping and complicity, and invites attention to where hope supports reorientation and contestation.
delayed economy
This anchors creative labour in a time structure where present sacrifice is rationalized through prospective recognition. The concept helps articulate why project based cultural work often normalizes uneven reward schedules and prolonged uncertainty.
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This research helped me logically understand the benefits of my meditation routine. When you meditate, you can observe how frequently your thoughts shift and how often random ideas pop up. But that process helps us step back from the issues at hand and see clarity on what to do next.
Romantic notions of inspiration and creativity
This research reminded me of a paper which said that the typical image of a 'genius' only started during the Renaissance. This means that the history of genius or creativity is not that long, and we are still trying to figure it out.