What makes art work? Is creativity a psychological process, a mystical one, or something stranger, layered, and unnameable?

In this episode of The Unwritten Aesthetic, Reese and Lauren dive deep into an evocative conversation inspired by Gordon White’s Podcast, Rune Soup, and the episode titled “Art as Evocation” with Phil Ford and J.F. Martel of Weird Studies. Together, Reese and Lauren explore the numinous, the imaginal, and the nature of creativity through philosophy, psychology, and personal experience.

Topics include:

• Whether artists act as mediums or makers
• Flow state vs. ego in artistic practice
• Possibility, actualization, and unfinished art
• AI art and the question of human agency
• Magic vs. psychology and why the answer might be “both”
• Oppositional forces within metaphysics and schismatic selfhood
• Creation as Genesis and the paradox of consciousness

If you love philosophical deep dives, metaphysics, art theory, or long-form intuitive thinking, this one’s for you. Enjoy, and step into the imaginal with us!

Welcome to The Unwritten Aesthetic, where the intellectual rigor of philosophy meets the creative pursuit of an artful life. A place for two friends to be passionate about philosophy as an artistic pursuit, ask life’s most important questions, create something we believe in, and to be two silly gooses.

Please check out and support Rune Soup and the Creator, Gordon White: https://www.youtube.com/@RuneSoup

https://runesoup.com/

Please check out and support Weird Studies and the Creators, Phil Ford and J. F. Martel:

https://www.weirdstudies.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/weird-studies/id1343819177

Be a part of the Collective and tune in to The Unwritten Aesthetic every other Tuesday.

To find Lauren's work: https://www.laurenbushpaints.com/

To work with Reese: https://www.thecoherecollective.com/coherent-design

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For more information, head to www.thecoherecollective.com

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References and Resources:

The Original Podcast Episode, Art as Evocation by Rune Soup: https://youtu.be/3eHU8fZRpis?si=uN7hqiCXs8bCLl_u

With artful Coherence,

Reese and Lauren

Existential therapy, aesthetic theory, and philosophically spooky, this Halloween special of The Unwritten Aesthetic dives deep into the philosophy of spookiness. From Paul Klee’s haunting puppets to the Jungian witch archetype and the paradox of being both enchanted and alienated in a hyper-digital world.

You’ll heart about…

Why the witch symbolizes feminine autonomy and rebellion

- How play and childhood eeriness reveal the uncanny unconscious

- Whether you can truly dismantle capitalism with capitalist tools

- What happens when art, intellect, and identity collide

- And how losing control (cognitively, creatively, spiritually) might be the most haunting experience of all.

Welcome to The Unwritten Aesthetic, where the intellectual rigor of philosophy meets the creative pursuit of an artful life. A place for two friends to be passionate about philosophy as an artistic pursuit, ask life’s most important questions, create something we believe in, and to be two silly gooses. Be a part of the Collective and tune in to The Unwritten Aesthetic every other Tuesday.

To find Lauren's work: https://www.laurenbushpaints.com/

To work with Reese: https://www.thecoherecollective.com/coherent-design

Follow The Cohere Collective:

https://www.instagram.com/thecoherecollective/

https://www.tiktok.com/@thecoherecollective

Follow Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/laurenbushpaints/

For more information, head to www.thecoherecollective.com

To support The Cohere Collective, head to https://www.thecoherecollective.com/support

References and Resources:

Our previous episode discussing Paul Klee and Martin Heidegger: https://youtu.be/8Gd9oVfnyHM

Paul Klee's Puppets: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/of-angel-and-puppet/

The Archetype of the Witch from This Jungian Life: https://thisjungianlife.com/episode-186-the-archetype-of-the-witch-dangerous-denied-dishonored/

With artful Coherence,

Reese and Lauren

What does it actually mean to be or become “woman”?

In this episode of The Unwritten Aesthetic, Reese and Lauren go full “chaos mode philosophy,” unpacking what it means to grow up under the “myth of woman” — the stories we’re told about femininity, beauty, success, and self-worth — and how those stories still shape our choices today.

They explore the cycles of shame and creativity that define early adulthood, the paradox of feminism in the “post-girlboss” era, and why existentialism might be the key to living authentically in a world obsessed with performance.

From body image and dance teachers to sex work, motherhood, and the question of freedom, this is a raw, funny, and deeply reflective conversation about how we learn, unlearn, and redefine what it means to be human.

This one’s for anyone navigating the space between who you were told to be and who you’re becoming.

Welcome to The Unwritten Aesthetic, where the intellectual rigor of philosophy meets the creative pursuit of an artful life. A place for two friends to be passionate about philosophy as an artistic pursuit, ask life’s most important questions, create something we believe in, and to be two silly gooses.

Be a part of the Collective and tune in to The Unwritten Aesthetic every other Tuesday.

To find Lauren's work: https://www.laurenbushpaints.com/

To work with Reese: https://www.thecoherecollective.com/coherent-design

Follow The Cohere Collective:

https://www.instagram.com/thecoherecollective/

https://www.tiktok.com/@thecoherecollective

Follow Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/laurenbushpaints/

For more information, head to www.thecoherecollective.com

To support The Cohere Collective, head to https://www.thecoherecollective.com/support

References and Resources:

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457264.The_Second_Sex

With artful Coherence,

Reese and Lauren