There is an energetic cost to avoiding the art that wants to be made. Will you use your limited energy for creation or for holding back, thinking through all the possibilities, and/or biting your tongue?
Note from Ryn: I recently found myself wanting to find a new doctor, but feeling like even looking was physically heavy—starting friction times a million. It made sense; I have limited energy and it might not be worth the effort. With a little help from my therapist, I re-remembered the weight of avoiding something I want to do costs energy too. I don’t know about you, dear reader, but staying stuck is not worth the energy. And sometimes starting can free up energy.
If your art is something you’re avoiding because it might never amount to anything (‘anything’ meaning money and raving fans), I can help you start now, not “someday”—without bypassing the reasons it’s hard.
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: