Posts by Daphne Stanford

Want to Support the Arts? Start a Nonprofit!
We artists and writers can’t afford to passively watch all the things we care about burn to the ground. Rather, we should be proactive in ensuring that the arts have a place to flourish and thrive in every town and community in the US.
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Technology and Career Trends for Artists in 2017 and Beyond
The future looms large before us and it is our responsibility as artists to advocate for ourselves. We must advocate for our continued importance and relevance in such politically uncertain times. We must advocate for increased fusion of art and science, since an interdisciplinary understanding of the world has always been more thorough and enlightening.
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Art and AI
Considering the fact that we don’t have this whole existence thing figured out for ourselves yet, is it a fool’s errand to hope that machines could figure it out for us?
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Music Therapy: A Viable Career for Educators in the Performing Arts
With many school districts cutting funding to non-STEM-related classes, music, humanities and arts educators need something reliable to fall back on.
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Music for Writers: Why Notes Can Sound More Powerful Than Words Music can serve as a bridge between emotions and words
Music felt dangerous to me because singing and playing the piano was always associated with emotion—which was strictly forbidden as something to put on display, in my household.
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Turning Adversity Into Poetry
I wouldn’t want to suggest foregoing the grieving process in favor of art, but perhaps it’s possible to funnel some of that energy and anger into one’s art, as well.
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Tips for Writers on Getting Work and Living the Writing Life
Don’t underestimate the power of focus, originality, and succinctness—as well as good, old-fashioned cleverness.
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Writing Myself Into Being: Upending the Cliche of the Sweet, Diminutive Abuela Jalapeños are green berries
That’s the great thing about writing: It allows us to create a separate world of pure imagination.
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Writing Myself Into Being: Navigating the US as a Biracial Writer
If I really wanted to be revolutionary, instead of speaking Spanish, I would attempt to learn how to speak Huichol, Náhuatl, or Purépecha.
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Writing Myself Into Being: I’m a Biracial Writer but Everyone Thinks I’m White
One of my favorite things to do in high school was to listen to people talk about me in Spanish and start talking to them in Spanish right back.
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Writers: How to Thrive in 5 Easy Steps Don't just survive, thrive!
Whatever you do, don’t avoid writing because of fear of pain and suffering.
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