Dr Rachel Connor
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Dr Rachel Connor
Connecting into why it’s valuable. Sometimes you get so lost in a project that you forget why you started it in the first place, or why doing this kind of work is important to you at all. If you reconnect to that, you’ll raise the perceived value of doing the work in your brain—and it will make it easier to stick with. Try writing about why the wor... See more
Dan Shipper • Why You're Not Doing Creative Work
our own creativity should draw upon the wisdom of our wounds if it wants to reach others in a meaningful way.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
The Serviceberry
penguin.co.uk
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
amazon.co.uk
Process Syndrome is closely linked to Learning Syndrome . Processors believe they just need to learn the right method and follow it to realize their creative dream. This often results in “going through the motions”of creation without ever entering a state of deep creative flow or producing something original.
Processes replace the ambiguous creative... See more
Processes replace the ambiguous creative... See more
Scott Stevenson • How to Finally Make Something
Crossing the Threshold: The Moment Your Story Becomes an Adventure
substack.com
"The basement of creativity holds our deepest fears and wildest dreams. We must descend its stairs to find the raw materials of our art."
- Carl Jung, from his essays on creative process
Grief can open the door to holy desire, which in turn leads us into the arms of that which we yearn for.