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Tender Machinery: A Field Guide to Creative Burnout
Tender Machinery: A Field Guide to Creative Burnout
Tender Machinery: A Field Guide to Creative Burnout
Tender Machinery: A Field Guide to Creative Burnout

Tender Machinery: A Field Guide to Creative Burnout

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Redefine productivity in a way that honors your creativity and well-being.

Tender Machinery: A Field Guide to Creative Burnout is an editorial zine examining creative exhaustion through the lens of neuroscience, psychology, artistic practice, and bodily experience. Rather than framing burnout as a personal failure or productivity issue, the publication explores it as a physiological and emotional condition shaped by attention, repetition, overstimulation, and the demands of sustained creative labor. 

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30-page A5 zine on 80# uncoated paper with soft-touch cover. Stapled saddle-stitch binding and printed in small batches.

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Immediate access to the PDF version. Read on any device or print at home.

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