Welcome to Cento
Why subscribe?
Cento is a publication designed to deepen and expand the conversation around creativity, process and mindset. It features essays, journalism, and interviews with artists, coaches, executives, and others speaking to their inner and experienced lives.
Subscribe because you like to learn from others’ stories and are curious about mindsets, motivations, obsessions, and dreams.
“Your writing is insightful and practical, which has an immediate impact for me. I find the topics to be personally relatable and similar to topics that often surface with the clients I coach and serve.”
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What does “cento” mean?
“Cento” comes from the Latin word for “patchwork.” As a poetic form, a cento, or collage poem, is composed entirely of lines from poems by other poets. Here, it’s a metaphor representing how people build knowledge and skills—by stitching together wisdom, insight, and learning from each other.
Who is this for?
Explorers, artists, writers, filmmakers, gardeners, coaches, social entrepreneurs—those are our type. Anyone who is curious.
“I support your work as I believe in the power of story weaving to unlearn, understand, and unite.”
“I loved what you shared on taking it one step at a time to ‘disconnect.’ Allowing myself to sit with the uncomfortable and be ok in that space.”
Who is publishing this?
Steph Balzer is a writer, publisher, coach, and entrepreneur living in Las Vegas. John Taylor is a gardner, writer, educator, and social entrepreneur living in Flagstaff, Ariz.
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