#389 Sheila Heti: Art is the Opposite of an Algorithm

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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My guest today is the brilliant Sheila Heti, author of Motherhood and How Should a Person Be? In this episode we discuss her latest book Pure Colour, a new novel l about art, love, loss and time. It has been described as a galaxy of a novel: explosive, bright, huge and streaked with beauty. Sheila Heti has also been described as philosopher of modern experience - and I really enjoyed this conversation. Motherhood, her novel which grapples with the question of whether or not to have kids was a huge inspiration on me - and I think Sheila is one of the most talented artists of our time. Enjoy this conversation, I loved it and was on cloud nine after recording!

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0:58.1	Hello and welcome back to Control or Delete. My guest today is the brilliant Sheila Hetty,
1:03.3	author of Motherhood and How Should A Person Be, and today we're discussing her latest novel
1:08.4	called Pure Color. It's been described as a galaxy of a novel explosive and bright and huge
1:13.6	and street with beauty, and I've got to say I've not read a novel like it. It is pure Sheila Hetty
1:20.4	in all its form, and I really, really enjoyed it, and we talk all about it in this episode.
1:25.6	Sheila has also been described as a philosopher of the modern experience, which I feel like really
1:31.0	sums up her work. Motherhood in particular, her novel, which grapples with the question of whether
1:36.0	or not to have kids, was such a huge inspiration on me, and I got to thank Sheila for that,
1:40.5	which was really nice. I really think Sheila Hetty is one of the most talented artists of our time,
1:45.6	so it was such a joy and honor to get to spend some time with her talking about her work.
1:51.7	So I hope you enjoy this conversation. I was on cloud nine after recording it, actually.
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