My best friend and I have been developing a podcast together for eight months and we have incredible conversations when we're just talking, but the moment we hit record we both become performative versions of ourselves. We've recorded twelve episodes and only published three because we keep listening back and feeling like we've lost something essential about what makes our friendship interesting.
More people experience this than they realize.
The act of documentation transforms intimate connection into performance, creating distance where there was once ease.
“Where Are You with Performance and the creative act?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.