Analog creativity with Jess Davis - Summer Series
Hello, and welcome to our 2022 Summer Series!
Every January, Ben and I take some much-needed time away from work and try our best to walk the slow-living walk. But instead of leaving your ears lonely over the holidays, every Thursday in January we’ll be revisiting one of our favourite episodes from the past six years. So if you missed them the first time around, or are taking another listen with fresh ears, we hope you enjoy these poggies as much as we did!
——
I’ve only met Jess Davis in person once, but she is, without a doubt, one of my people. Engaged, excitable, deeply human, curious and, as I once told her, she has a gold-plated bullshit detector.
It was a real joy to sit down and chat with her back in June 2021, and we start out by catching up on life in her corner of the world: NYC. Jess talks through the slow evolution of New York as the pandemic took hold and eventually receded, how the mass exodus of corporate America has changed the fabric of the city and why, at least in 2021, it became the city that sleeps (for a while).
We also talk about her rediscovery of old school film photography as an analog stand-in for social media, why she broke up with her iPhone (again) and what finally led her to rekindle an acquaintance with it. We dig in to one of my favourite juicy topics: the commercialisation of ‘slow’ and Jess shares why she spent the past two years feeling responsible for it.
Jess also talks about her decision to make a video diary of the first 100 days of lockdown in New York, and why we need to remember - even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.
I couldn’t love this woman or this conversation more, and I hope you enjoy the deep dive.
Head over to iTunes to subscribe to the show and play the episode, or take a listen right here by pressing play on the player below.
Things to check out after today’s episode:
Watch Jess' film "What day is it?"
Take Jonathan Fields’ Sparketype quiz (I’m a Maker Maven like Jess)
Read about Cal Newport’s analog social media experiment
Looking for more?
Follow me on Instagram @brookemcalary
Or leave a rating or review in iTunes
Support the show!