Maximising.

I'm working on something that runs deep.

I've been minimising myself for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I am so inward-looking and cautious that I can't respond to what is going on outside of myself.

Changing this begins by practicing new ways of talking to, and about, myself.

This shift will change how I work—for the better. Here, my aim is to share that which is relatable to creatives, including my vulnerability, but there is feeling vulnerable and then there is apologising for it! My writing wears a thin cloak of doubt; asking permission to feel this or that, asking if I am being too much, or apologising for taking up space, or for saying that the creative industry is a hard place to move in! If I can shift that doubt, what possibilities could open up? What if I could accept, for example, that I can't control how my work will be received? What would I make then?

I’m starting something new. Fracture Management, a series of iterative works based on drawings, will make space for the messy, uncertain parts of creating.

This work will embrace the breaks, the pauses, and the imperfect starts.

What would your work look like if you didn’t apologise for it? Leave a comment below, I’d love to hear how you navigate these questions in your own practice.