--- title: Inciter Art | Fractured Atlas | Big Ideas description: Big Ideas | a writing, co-learning, and resource sharing space for an arts ecosystem with big ideas and bigger questions. --- - [Visit our Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/Fractured.Atlas) - [Check out our latest tweets](https://twitter.com/fracturedatlas) - [Join us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fractured-atlas/) - [Check out our Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/fractured.atlas/) - [Check out our Tumblr](https://fracturedatlas.tumblr.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/) - [Donate](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/contribute/donate) - [Sign In](https://identity.fracturedatlas.org/login?origin=www&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fracturedatlas.org/site/home) [Fractured Atlas](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/) - [What We Do](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/what-we-do) - [Who We Are](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/who-we-are) - [Our Projects](https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/) - [Get In Touch](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/get-in-touch) [Become A Member](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/become-a-member) - [What We Do](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/what-we-do) - [Who We Are](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/who-we-are) - [Our Projects](https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/) - [Get In Touch](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/get-in-touch) [Become A Member](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/become-a-member) - [Blog](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/) - [Donate](https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/contribute/donate) - [Sign In](https://identity.fracturedatlas.org/login?origin=www&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fracturedatlas.org/site/home) - Categories - Follow Us [Subscribe](http://eepurl.com/be_Uej) - [Artists and Members](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/artists-and-members) - [Big Ideas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/big-ideas) - [Grants](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/grants) - [How We Work](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/how-we-work) - [Tips and Tools](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/tips-and-tools) - [Updates and Announcements](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/updates-and-announcements) - - Search our site # Artist Resources, Grants for Artists, Creative Projects, Making Money for Artists Inciter Art a writing, co-learning, and resource sharing space for an arts ecosystem with big ideas and bigger questions. [Subscribe](http://eepurl.com/be_Uej) - Search our site - Categories - [Artists and Members](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/artists-and-members) - [Big Ideas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/big-ideas) - [Grants](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/grants) - [How We Work](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/how-we-work) - [Tips and Tools](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/tips-and-tools) - [Updates and Announcements](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/tag/updates-and-announcements) - Social - - - [Subscribe](http://eepurl.com/be_Uej) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/come-back-to-yourself-an-invitation) [Big Ideas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/big-ideas) | [Artist Wellness](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/artist-wellness) ## [Come back to yourself: an invitation](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/come-back-to-yourself-an-invitation) By [Geo Ong](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/geo-ong) September 21st, 2026 This quarter’s theme on Inciter Art is: come back to yourself. Have you been caught in the riptide of productivity culture? Stuck in an infinite doomscroll? Now’s the time to come back to every part of yourself: artist, worker, child, caretaker, rebel, fighter. Parts we can often leave by the wayside in the name of practicality or duty. For the next three months, we’ll be navigating the choppy waters of technology, attention, breaking up with your art job — in other words, by your side as you rediscover your true north and set sail. 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Okay, to be honest, I forget most of the details. But I’ll never forget how it felt. The clarity! The creative freedom! The subversive undertones. It was my first taste of anti-productivity. 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I may have some deeper knowledge in certain areas, like where to find artist opportunities or how to find your next book to read, but really I’m just a forty-year old father of two looking for ways to make it all work: parenting, partnering, homeowning, and artmaking. That’s just me, but I know I share a lot in common with the working artists who read this blog. Maybe like you, I feel the scarcity of money, time, and bandwidth. Maybe like you, I put a lot of undue pressure on myself to get things right all the time. And maybe like you, I long for an alternative, a flipping of the switch, a key that will unlock the mysteries of what it means to be a human in this world. 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Don’t get me wrong: I’m an incredibly competitive person at heart and have been forcibly removed from a number of casual board game groups. But when it comes to art, I believe that competition creates a false sense of scarcity among artists and keeps all of us hungry for the everyday magic of art. [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/art-is-not-an-arena.-why-do-we-expect-artists-to-compete-2026) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/art-is-not-an-arena.-why-do-we-expect-artists-to-compete-2026](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/art-is-not-an-arena.-why-do-we-expect-artists-to-compete-2026) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/seasonal-thinking-for-creative-beings-2025) [Big Ideas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/big-ideas) | [Tips and Tools](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/tips-and-tools) | [Creativity](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/creativity) | [Artists and Members](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/artists-and-members) | [Artist Wellness](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/artist-wellness) ## [Seasonal Thinking for Creative Beings](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/seasonal-thinking-for-creative-beings-2025) By [Vicky Blume](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/vicky-blume) December 30th, 2025 It’s rejection season, baby. For creative beings who bravely put themselves out there this fall and winter, I tip my hat to you—regardless of the outcome. The first months of the year are a notoriously brutal season for artists because, while a small percentage of us just received happy news (you finally got that grant!), the vast majority of working artists are questioning why they poured hours of their precious free time into applications that go nowhere. 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Don’t get me wrong: I’m an incredibly competitive person at heart and have been forcibly removed from a number of casual board game groups. But when it comes to art, I believe that competition creates a false sense of scarcity among artists and keeps all of us hungry for the everyday magic of art. 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We’ve all hit submit with the same, well-worn mixture of hope and resignation. [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/turning-artistic-rejection-into-fuel) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/turning-artistic-rejection-into-fuel](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/turning-artistic-rejection-into-fuel) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/becoming-a-parent-artist-2025) [Big Ideas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/big-ideas) | [Artist Wellness](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/artist-wellness) ## [Becoming a Parent Artist](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/becoming-a-parent-artist-2025) By [Geo Ong](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/geo-ong) May 27th, 2025 Years ago, I had a roommate who built sets for local theater productions. I would come home from a closing shift and he would be painting a sign for some make-believe business. I would get back from the movies and he’d be hammering nails into some crude, unfinished structure. I wondered what it was like to move through the day the way he did, from project to project, seemingly paying little to no attention to what time of day it was, whether it was time to eat lunch or go to bed. [Read More](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/becoming-a-parent-artist-2025) Share - Close - - - - [mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/becoming-a-parent-artist-2025](mailto:?body=https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/becoming-a-parent-artist-2025) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png)](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/love-letter-to-my-muse) [Big Ideas](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/big-ideas) | [Artists and Members](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/artists-and-members) | [Inspiration](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/topic/inspiration) ## [a love letter to my muse](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/love-letter-to-my-muse) By [Lara Antal](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/lara-antal) May 12th, 2025 This past Valentine's Day, Fractured Atlas was struck by cupid's bow and commissioned artist Lara Antal to write a love letter on a subject of their choosing. Lara went above and beyond, creating a collage that blends typewritten words, digital elements, and soft notebook sketches. We hope you enjoy this letter as much as we did! 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