Pregnancy (hypothetical!), pain avoidance, editing, releasing, and choosing what to work on next

Jose and Laurel consider the impact of 2-week-long pregnancies on birth rates as a metaphor for artists avoiding the pain of criticism or rejection. They also discuss which parts of the creative process they each find the most painful, the abundance (or scarcity) of new ideas, and the problem of choosing where to spend creative time and energy.