Essays written from within the work; response, process, and return. Some stand alone. Others sit alongside longer projects, shaped by friction and time.

Published slowly, when something stays.

When People Treat Your Work Like It’s Not a Real Job

An essay on creative labor, legitimacy, and the work that becomes real only through time.

Creativity As Currency

A reflective essay on creativity as something practiced and exchanged over time—built through trust, responsibility, and attention rather than speed or display.

Efficiency, Improvisation, and the Space Between

A field essay on what breaks when speed meets reality, and what replaces it if you stay. Originally published on Reedsy

ESSAYS

by Jessey Jansen

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For me, creating has always been a companion, allowing me to make sense of seemingly uncontrolled situations through controlled mediums.

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Creativity As Currency