1/12 In honour of our bodies and creative listening ↓ Notes for creating a mind-body approach to creativity 🌿 by The Easeful Place The first time I discovered that listening to my body was an avenue out of creative blockage was when I was working on a collaborative poetry project in the city of Birmingham. We were writers working on a performance for the national Poetry Slam stage and had individual and group performances to prepare. Our sessions were after work, so I had come straight from...
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12.2/2024 An easeful interview with: Lerah Mae Barcenilla ↓ An artist interview series full of he(art) 🌿 by Amara Amaryah Writing is an act of remembering as much as it is of bearing. We bear words on a page and sink into the future, or the backseat of a memory from our favourite childhood Sunday afternoon. Some writers simultaneously remember the worlds of old and the worlds that must come, and they keep us brave enough to do the same. Lerah is one of those artists who inspire artful ways of...
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11/22 Let the creator in you do the work that makes you feel free ↓ On having nothing to be ashamed of and an exploration of your very real artistic power 🌿 by Amara Amaryah Opening today’s letter with some affirmations: What you are creating is deeply needed What you are creating is divinely kneaded into our future realities As you breathe life into your visions, you breathe love into another’s vision And so it is. Whether quietly floating in your head, or spoken out into your exterior...
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October 2024 An easeful interview with: Jordan Rome ↓ An artist interview series full of he(art) 🌿 by Amara Amaryah The Easeful Place has a thing for artists and creators who willingly go deeper into the centre of their creative calling. Ease exists partially due to the labour needed to recognise, preserve, and cater to it. Artists remind us of this always. In the most recent installment of the easeful artist interviews, I speak to Jordan Rome, an artist, a travelling community finder, an...
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envisioning May 2024 Returning to your dreams and de-escalating doubt ↓ Encouragement and prompts for disempowering self-doubt 🌿 from Amara Amaryah May is a time of nostalgia for me. I think of it as a month for remembering myself. In May, I celebrate my anniversary for choosing to follow my gut to live nomadically, travelling slowly in my favourite corners of the world. On this journey, life has been a teacher in trusting my decisions and staying rooted in my visions. What is May to you? May...
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