your last bullet point is particularly pertinent to my own experiences over the past few years and therefore all the more clearer for you articulating it so well. thanks
Thanks Andy, are you referring to our lack of intergenerational sprawl supporting creativity and mothering? I see you as a rare someone who slips easily between generations and supports and connects with all ages :-)
"Nothing focuses your mind and your priorities and values like having children. Time becomes more productive and it is almost impossible to be a perfectionist!". An excess of time can become a course for the worst of our uber-liberal western societies. generally there is not enough slack built into the system - everything is too tight. taken to the other extreme however can lead to aimless indulgence.
This was such a brilliant read, thank you Lillias and thank you Lindsay for sharing it with me. As well as the practical tips and insights, it moved me to realise how things could/should be, interwoven and not separate. A beautifully affirming read as I often try to weave creativity into our days together. I am realising how getting out and seeing art (when I can, with or without children) has been so life-giving for me. Thanks also for the permission slip for TV time in order to make space for work/creativity! xx
Thank you Lyndsay. As you will know it’s not always easy but I’m so pleased that you are finding space for creativity in similar ways. And yes, we all need to fill our cups. 🥂 to more ‘artist dates’!
This is such a brilliant list, Lillias. And I owe you a reply, I know...
I think that what characterises this is the ethos that underpins how you show up in the world, by which I mean the way that you have anchored yourself to your creative practice and motherhood, with everything else floating more freely around those two things. I imagine you unconsciously ask yourself whether something serves your creativity/mothering before committing to it|? Also, I think that you've intentionally set things up so that being creative (in all the ways that matter to you) is easier. You have dedicated spaces to return to, for example. You're bringing your children in to your creative life, not viewing them in silos. Long response, but in a Note I have a few folk I want to tag...
Thanks Lindsay. It’s moving reading your reply and you have clarified perhaps what I could not. I’m aware that my choices could be seen as selfish so to hear them reaffirmed positively makes me smile.
your last bullet point is particularly pertinent to my own experiences over the past few years and therefore all the more clearer for you articulating it so well. thanks
Thanks Andy, are you referring to our lack of intergenerational sprawl supporting creativity and mothering? I see you as a rare someone who slips easily between generations and supports and connects with all ages :-)
"Nothing focuses your mind and your priorities and values like having children. Time becomes more productive and it is almost impossible to be a perfectionist!". An excess of time can become a course for the worst of our uber-liberal western societies. generally there is not enough slack built into the system - everything is too tight. taken to the other extreme however can lead to aimless indulgence.
This was such a brilliant read, thank you Lillias and thank you Lindsay for sharing it with me. As well as the practical tips and insights, it moved me to realise how things could/should be, interwoven and not separate. A beautifully affirming read as I often try to weave creativity into our days together. I am realising how getting out and seeing art (when I can, with or without children) has been so life-giving for me. Thanks also for the permission slip for TV time in order to make space for work/creativity! xx
Thank you Lyndsay. As you will know it’s not always easy but I’m so pleased that you are finding space for creativity in similar ways. And yes, we all need to fill our cups. 🥂 to more ‘artist dates’!
Yes that’s exactly what they are! Thank you for the reminder xx
This is such a brilliant list, Lillias. And I owe you a reply, I know...
I think that what characterises this is the ethos that underpins how you show up in the world, by which I mean the way that you have anchored yourself to your creative practice and motherhood, with everything else floating more freely around those two things. I imagine you unconsciously ask yourself whether something serves your creativity/mothering before committing to it|? Also, I think that you've intentionally set things up so that being creative (in all the ways that matter to you) is easier. You have dedicated spaces to return to, for example. You're bringing your children in to your creative life, not viewing them in silos. Long response, but in a Note I have a few folk I want to tag...
Thanks Lindsay. It’s moving reading your reply and you have clarified perhaps what I could not. I’m aware that my choices could be seen as selfish so to hear them reaffirmed positively makes me smile.