# Be a sub to your vision w/ Carin Huebner

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Podcast: [MAKE HUMAN](https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-human-7858710)
Published: 2026-06-23T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spacebug-creative/episodes/Be-a-sub-to-your-vision-w-Carin-Huebner-e3kk3nr
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## Resource

This episode is about the tension between the daily “job” of making vs. the need for a big transcendent “why”. Maria's producer Carin Huebner came to the conversation with a live wire. She'd finally gotten into the darkroom after weeks of circling it, and she made, in her own assessment, zero successful work. What happens next? In this episode Why the question "what is this for?" can be both essential and the thing that keeps you out of the room Erotic energy, Eros, and what it actually means to be a sub to your vision Anger as data — what it’s actually pointing to Why most of us only ever get the next instruction, and how to stop making that wrong Waypoints [00:00:00] — Why Carin finally got into the darkroom [00:03:30] — The tension between the job and the why [00:10:30] — Both ends of the binary are forms of obedience [00:22:30] — Sub to the vision [00:25:00] — What actually is vision? [00:36:30] — Rules as permission Resources Sally Mann — Art Work Steven Pressfield — The War of Art Nathan Hill — Wellness Will Arnett — Is This Thing On? Hilma af Klint — referenced for automatic painting and receiving vision Michael Pollan — A World Appears Annie Dillard — The Writing Life Have a creative quandary? Submit a question to be answered on the show Got some creative resistance? Get your free audio guide to the Creative Resistance Practice for unblocking Theme song by deadmen

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