Cody Cook-Parrott: Attention is a Creative Act

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge · Mar 31, 2026 · 57m

What happens to your creativity when your attention is fractured—and what becomes possible when you reclaim it? Tami Simon speaks with writer, artist, and movement practitioner Cody Cook-Parrott about their new Sounds True book, The Practice of Attention: Cultivating Presence in a Distracted World—exploring social media addiction, the art of the attention audit, soft structures for creative practice, and why attention itself is a form of prayer.

This conversation offers genuine transmission—not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing…