The Trickster's Hat: A Mischievous Apprenticeship in Creativity

in order to let go of the addiction to creative suffering, you must reject the way of the martyr and embrace the way of the trickster.

The part of our brains with which we navigate the challenges of the everyday world is uneasy in the unpredictable sphere of art making. We cannot squeeze ourselves through the eye of the needle to reach the land of wild creativity whilst saddled to the frontal cortex, whose job it is to evaluate external circumstances and regulate appropriate behav

Creativity is play, but for shadow artists, learning to allow themselves to play is hard work.