I saw Gen X shoegaze legends Slowdive play live a few weeks ago. I’d expected a mellow, nostalgic nod to their early ’90s heyday. Instead, I was completely blown away by a band at the zenith of a creative high, rather than dusting off old tunes.
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I saw Gen X shoegaze legends Slowdive play live a few weeks ago. I’d expected a mellow, nostalgic nod to their early ’90s heyday. Instead, I was completely blown away by a band at the zenith of a creative high, rather than dusting off old tunes.
The dualities of starting and finishing, enthusiasm and discipline, work and play, and mastery and failure.
Chapter 6 of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron is about abundance. It explores the relationship between creativity and money (recognising that abundance is also time, space and support), challenges the "starving artist" archetype, and encourages us to embrace small luxuries as creative nourishment. This week, I’ve been blessed with all in so many ways.
Chapter 5 of The Artist’s Way is titled "Recovering a Sense of Possibility." It discusses how we are often limited by our own false assumptions—believing creativity is only for the talented, or that it’s too late for us. But Cameron urges us to challenge these limitations and open ourselves to possibility.