Beware Your Desires: On the Starlit Power of Wanting to Want

I have spent the last several years on a self-guided study of desire, a deep dive into the art and science of wanting, the ache of it, yes, but also the heat of it, and perhaps most especially the stigma around desire in our culture, especially for women. I am most urgently interested in the role desire plays in our creative lives. Ultimately, I’ve beco…