https://nadjabester.com/blog/Blog posts by Nadja Besterhttps://nadjabester.com/blog/the-art-world-and-the-psychiatric-porn-flexhttps://nadjabester.com/blog/the-art-world-and-the-psychiatric-porn-flexThu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon Vincent van Gogh, the art market, the tortured artist myth, and supporting living artists.https://nadjabester.com/blog/reality-is-a-box-office-flophttps://nadjabester.com/blog/reality-is-a-box-office-flopWed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon Digger, dark humour, fossil fuels, and finding resilience in the face of an ending.https://nadjabester.com/blog/the-page-the-whole-page-and-nothing-but-the-pagehttps://nadjabester.com/blog/the-page-the-whole-page-and-nothing-but-the-pageTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon the page as an anchor for identity, creativity, reading, and making sense of being human.https://nadjabester.com/blog/indieweb-book-club-october-2026-a-psalm-for-the-wild-builthttps://nadjabester.com/blog/indieweb-book-club-october-2026-a-psalm-for-the-wild-builtTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThosting October’s IndieWeb Book Club with Becky Chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild-Built, a short read exploring hopepunk, solarpunk, and what people need.https://nadjabester.com/blog/33-questions-for-the-creative-undeadhttps://nadjabester.com/blog/33-questions-for-the-creative-undeadMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon creative DNA, recovering from burnout, and Twyla Tharp’s 33 questions for a creative autobiography.https://nadjabester.com/blog/beethovens-moonlight-sonata-life-happens-when-youre-busy-making-other-planshttps://nadjabester.com/blog/beethovens-moonlight-sonata-life-happens-when-youre-busy-making-other-plansMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, the heartache woven into its history, and its unexpected influence on music from Chopin to The Beatles.https://nadjabester.com/blog/pda-profound-demand-for-autonomyhttps://nadjabester.com/blog/pda-profound-demand-for-autonomySun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon reframing pathological demand avoidance as a profound demand for autonomy, agency, and neuroaffirmative self-determination.https://nadjabester.com/blog/ode-to-october-the-loveliest-monthhttps://nadjabester.com/blog/ode-to-october-the-loveliest-monthFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon October across hemispheres, C. Louis Leipoldt’s ‘Oktobermaand,’ and an English translation of a South African spring poem.https://nadjabester.com/blog/talking-about-the-weatherhttps://nadjabester.com/blog/talking-about-the-weatherFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon weather talk as social glue, a grounding in natural forces, and why the last refuge of the unimaginative is anything but.https://nadjabester.com/blog/the-finger-soothing-perks-of-rest-readinghttps://nadjabester.com/blog/the-finger-soothing-perks-of-rest-readingFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon ergodic appetites, bedtime fiction, and why for a recovering perfectionist the easy things are the hard ones.https://nadjabester.com/blog/can-i-publish-100-posts-in-13-weekshttps://nadjabester.com/blog/can-i-publish-100-posts-in-13-weeksThu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon reclaiming a personal website, embracing imperfection, and attempting 100 posts in 13 weeks.https://nadjabester.com/blog/good-enough-is-whatever-gets-the-job-donehttps://nadjabester.com/blog/good-enough-is-whatever-gets-the-job-doneThu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon perfectionism as a mind virus, and the rebellion that followed Long COVID.https://nadjabester.com/blog/one-day-it-will-all-have-been-worth-it-allegedlyhttps://nadjabester.com/blog/one-day-it-will-all-have-been-worth-it-allegedlyThu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTon the Nadjeid, the Judgement of Ego, and rebelling against the workaholic bargain of eventual absolution.https://nadjabester.com/blog/parenting-is-healinghttps://nadjabester.com/blog/parenting-is-healingWed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTon parenting as duty, identity, reciprocal healing, and the lifelong work of raising ourselves.https://nadjabester.com/blog/singing-for-my-supper-vs-reading-for-joyhttps://nadjabester.com/blog/singing-for-my-supper-vs-reading-for-joyWed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTon experimental literature, recovering from perfectionism, and why the easier reading experience can sometimes be the better choice.https://nadjabester.com/blog/music-is-a-time-travel-devicehttps://nadjabester.com/blog/music-is-a-time-travel-deviceWed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThow music activates memory, reconnects us with earlier selves, and creates portals across time, distance, and loss.