Dr Rachel Connor

“Why is this so hard? Because you’re utterly habituated to steady progress—to completing things, to producing, to solving. When progress is subtle or slow, when there’s no clear way to proceed, you flinch away. You redirect your attention to something safer, to something you  can  do. You jump to implementation prematurely; you feel a compulsion

“While grief may look like an expression of pain that serves no purpose, it is actually the soul’s acknowledgment of what we value. Grief is the honour we pay to that which is dear to us. And it is only through the connection to what we cherish that we can know how to move forward. In this way, grief is motion.”
– Toko-pa Turner “Belonging:

our own creativity should draw upon the wisdom of our wounds if it wants to reach others in a meaningful way.

STUCK CREATOR. You want to make work, but you’re not getting anywhere, whether because of conformity, economic pressure, or fear. You’re open to a creative reawakening, but you’re unsure how to light the fire.