A Search for Deeper Meaning in Weightlifting, with an Artist & a Writer

A Search for Deeper Meaning in Weightlifting, with an Artist & a Writer

I sat down with two academics (a writer and an artist) who write and create professionally alongside lecturing. What started off as a basic description of weightlifting developed into a deeper search for the underlying desire to lift weights, and also the many similarities between their search for perfection in writing and art, and mine in lifting weights.

'He who has a why can bear almost any how.' - Nietzsche

I hope that you all find this particular episode as interesting and inspiring as I did.

You can find out more about these two at the social media links provided below.
Jess Ostrowicz - Instagram - @jessica.ostrowicz (https://bit.ly/2nvDP70)
Matthew Turner - Twitter - @MJTurner_ (https://bit.ly/2P91Q0q)

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