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11/22

Let the creator in you do the work that makes you feel free

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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

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And so it is. Whether quietly floating in your head, or spoken out into your exterior world, I hope these words remind you that you’re right, always have been, about what you’re here to make. I created The Easeful Place for creators. I think of creators in wide-reaching terms and I consider our creations to be extensions of our intentional legacy-leaving.

The messages and missions we want to place upon our Earth are special. We create always. When we are able and intentional, we can create safer inner conditions for our healing or growth, an environment of ease in our homes, a mural for our communities, a book or memoir, a lifetime of journalled observations for reflection, generational wealth in finances, wisdom, culture, abundance mindsets, agriculture and so many other ways. Without creators, the world would just not work. Creation energy is nourishing, deeply generous, and inherently brave.
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So, why must we convince others that it is worthwhile to be dedicated to a creative life? Why does it feel shameful to have aspirations that are centred around art or nurturing our innate creativity?​
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It’s strange to me that outgrowing creative curiosity (unless it is immediately profitable) is preferred by most societies. As artists and creators, we have limitless ways of contributing to society.

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Artists as absorbent.

Artists as observant.

Artists as revelatory.

Artists as the first ones to light the fires the world needs.

Merging mindfulness with art

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As an artist, you are greatly needed. Taking care of ourselves and each other ensures that we feel encouraged - entitled - to create from the root, from a rested and assured space. Watering artists and creators with excitement and deep belief is an act of reassigning worthiness. We are worthy of seeing the power of our work come to life. We are honoured to witness each other birth dreams. In secret, public, and spiritual realms, art has the potential to be dangerous and enlivening. It is what we come here to do, and what we have the responsibility to pass on.

Things that hold us back

Aligned spaces

Having a space to gather that feels welcoming to creatives is important. Having platforms where we can speak openly about what we’re creating and be authentically received is necessary (side eyes LinkedIn). We can’t just have a moment and then return to the real world. For many of us, this is the real world and being in aligned community with genuine energy is the best way to strengthen and preserve our inner artists.

Money

Society often pits financial stability against choosing to live a life that is art-filled. To make money from being a dreamer, for being good at following your excitement, and living in line with your calling - all of this is possible, even if discouraged for fear of insecurity. It comes down to transparency, recentering the worth of a creative practice, and working together as artists to expand the advocacy and resources.

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Shame

I came across Amie McNee's Substack and read this letter and then this one about Sally Rooney back-to-back. The honesty left me wanting to scream yes! to every line. Because art is an utterly vulnerable way to live that does inspire but also trigger people. Artists give themselves permission to prioritise what is treated like a luxury or a shameful thing to strive towards as an adult. What is there to be ashamed of? We’re birthing things, we’re being directed by the sacral, we’re ignoring limiting beliefs about creating portals and invitations for others to see something that once lived only in our mind’s eye.
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I also love this idea by Patrick Muindi that we’re not entirely primed to offer belief in the early seedling stages. We’ve become accustomed to supporting projects that are full-blown rather than creations that are in the soil of it. Let’s notice it but also challenge ourselves to break it.

Art and play

There are some who also choose to treat art as a means to enjoy and sink into deeper pleasure. Art might be the principal way that you play, alleviate stress, or reconnect with an old hobby. This deserves safe space and excitement too.

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Welcoming Community to The Easeful Place

I love meeting here with you. If this newsletter has inspired or supported your practice at all, I'd appreciate you sharing it with a friend. Attracting aligned community is a huge part of the vision for The Easeful Place as we create, dismantle, and reimagine together. The invitation (also below) comes with prompts and a light intro to what we do.

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Returning to who we are through art is a very gorgeous way to live. It is how we form deep ideas, and countercultures and sweet ways to slip into new lives that fit better. If nothing else, I hope you remember that being your truest self is vulnerable work, testing and freeing, but valuable and always welcomed here.

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Love,

Amara Amaryah

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