What thing feels most alive right now?

An antidote to inertia

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
— Zora Neale Hurston

There will be times in our lives when we put our ambitions on hold, our creative projects aside, certain relationships on pause. Such times can stretch across days, seasons, even years.

Because it can feel like nothing really happens in these periods, we can be quick to jud…