Today my to-do list is write. Write this, write an essay, edit the essay, write the application for the essay, write the artist bio, write the emails. Today my job is to write. Today I commit myself to to craft, over and over and over.
For the last three years and whatever months in change, every Wednesday I sit down to write this dispatch to you. In part of forming my sabbatical I have given myself Wednesdays to dedicate fully to writing. Not just a task on a to-do list a full day to soak in the magic of translating the seed of something into words and feels and weavings. Tapestries of my internal landscape to hang up on essays and magazines and parts of the internet or maybe just inside my own notebook.
Its a commitment to myself even on days I don’t necessarily “feel like it”. On days when my alarm does off and I have no interest in my morning pages, when I start to bargain that I could probably sleep more and that is what is best for the creative process today. Or days when a client asks for a call or a sneaky bit of work pops up – I re-commit to myself.
The dance of staying flexible while honouring the space we desire and carve out just to create. And while I don’t think we need whole days to make a masterpeice and that I often wonder what would happen if we just sat down ten minutes at a time – having a whole day feels fucking good.
Because writing doesn’t just happen in studios locked away, I write while I walk the dog and standing waiting for her to sniff each bush and corner. I dream up new futures in showers and bus rides and close my eyes and envision metaverses I haven’t had the opportunity to explore, yet.
- essay on The Lean Edit
- quite possibly the best essay I have ever read on creativity “I regret to inform you that you actually are creative, too.”
Slowly telling the world that How To Make Art Biz on demand course is now live! – more soon but I commit to telling you sweet readers first 🪄 may this be a spell for all of our work ushering into the world
Lots of Pee Wee’s playhouse on repeat the last few days but truthfully that isn’t anything new in this house
working outside in what I have dubbed as “tree office” but also dreaming of a real tree office
Big love and many blessings
Phoebe
P.S A book update:
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