Turning our phones off for creative inner health

Author Sebastian Smee, musician Holly Throsby and tech psychologist Jocelyn Brewer agree when it comes to switching off to embrace your inner life.
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We all decry how little time we have today; how all-consuming our lives have become. The question is, what role do we play in fuelling that insanity? Are our own digital-zombie habits eating away at our inner health?

Musician and author Holly Throsby has struggled to make space for her creativity against the encroachment of her digital life. She believes that our digital use is not unlike muscle memory; we have to train ourselves and put the effort in.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina