There is a folder of essays sitting on my desktop. There is a stack of prints in my closet. There is a cauldron of the 50 ideas I have had since opening up this page and the 6802 more I had this morning.
The rubric of when to hit send can only be chalked up by a feeling. Vibes, if you will. Sometimes there is client work that needs to be done now, the constraints or a deadline of a physical world, other times it is pure vibes. Neither is better than the idea other but it is still la story of two ideas making their way into the world.
I am dreaming and planning for a summer sabbatical one that had a qualifier of “make no new things” but inspiration comes knocking. Books beg to be written paintings come crawling from my ears and scripts are dreamt up in between walking the dog and making coffee. Creative rest is the ability to admire what is already beautiful around us, but who am I to deny spirit if I pledge to keep the channel open.
What allows us to be “done” when I am also interested in the most uncomplicated way of working. No perfect solution or path. I maintain that my work is none of my business what it does or what people think of it once I hit “publish” is no longer “mine” alone. The requirement to have some sort of relationship with the thing I create is maybe the only rubric to apply to our work – to know it before it become unknowable. A relationship of its own to thew world.
Hitting send its the greatest leap of faith we could ever take – how daring that we ever even consider it.
FINDINGS 🗺️
1:1 Creative Advising books for the summer are OPEN! A NOTE! My rates are going up in July from $150 CAD —> $200. You can book into July-August to lock in my current rate now 🥰
Asking what would make something easier?
If you like me are very stressed by the smoke outside our windows reading Braiding Sweetgrass (again) really helps 💕
I cannot wait for this years 1000 words of summer so much that I have been organizing my writing from last year (yes i am finishing my book!!!)
Hamilton Folks! So excited and proud for the folks at Pinch and their soft opening on the 17th!! 🌸 (IG link isn’t loading the link but you’re gonna wanna click the link for the cutest poster!)
big love and many blessings for hitting send 💕
xx
Phoebe 💕✨