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Episode 6: Going with the Flow + What Nourishes Our Creative Practice
In the first part of this conversation, we talk about our experiences catching moments of inspiration in our daily life and allowing ourselves to go with the flow more. What happens when, as Kate put it, we think of our process as one of “hacking” or as collage/bricolage, just combining interesting bits as they come to us? What happens when we allow ourselves to be derailed by a shiny new idea in the middle of a longer project, and is it always a bad thing? (spoilers: Shaili had a great experience with doing just that 😂) We also unpack the moments when judgments creep into our creating sessions and how to reorient and soothe ourselves in those moments when fear of the worst case scenario overtakes us. And we talk about the magic of making the work feel new in the moment every time we come back to work on a project + muddling our way through the “messy middle”!
In the second part, we explore what we consume and absorb in our lives that either helps or hinders our creative flow: social media and internet culture (like bookstagram vs TikTok), our routines and usual environments, time to space out, and blocking out certain noise/vibes in our environment. Plus some of our favorite creative solutions to protecting our headspace and our creative time!
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