are your creative boundaries overprotective?

a quick note from the creative courage muse

Sometimes we’re guarded because of people and situations from the past. What was required then is not necessarily needed now. But how do you tell? Feel your feet on the ground. The way the earth supports you. Take as long as you need to arrive in this moment. What is happening now? What is it asking you for?

Note from Ryn: I used to silence myself a lot. But to quote a bit of one of my poems:

...if I couldn’t find 

a way to exhume 
the blockage of the unsaid
they’d strangle 

any life remaining.

Creative boundaries are an important part of making and sharing our art because making and sharing art is vulnerable! And also: sometimes our boundaries are protecting the person we used to be.

If this helped you see somewhere you’re holding back to protect a you that no longer needs that level of protection, tap the ❤️ below to help other artists find it.

New here? If you could use regular reminders to let your playful, artistic, creative self take up space—that don’t gloss over the ways that’s hard, I write The Creative Courage Project for you: