How do you use the internet mindfully?

More than ever, creative people find their attention pulled in many directions by digital and networked technologies. Staying up-to-date and responsive to so many forms of online communication often feels mandatory in order to keep working. But, it can be both exhausting and dispiriting to build a creative practice while “extremely online.” With this compilation of essays produced in collaboration with Are.na, the platform for connecting ideas, we asked artists to share their approaches to using the internet more mindfully and creatively.

Contributors:
* Caroline Sinders
* Édouard U.
* Fei Liu
* Ida C. Benedetto
* Ingrid Burrington
* Jenny Odell
* Jon Gacnik
* Laurel Schwulst
* Lucy Siyao Liu
* Max Fowler
* Pirijan Ketheswaran