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⚡️ the idea that self-isolation limits your ability to create, because creation is a grey area ⚡️

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...kind of? not so much self-isolation as fear and/or a desire to "stay pure"/evade.

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Fair. I think a version of this exists for a lot of people whether the purity thing factors for them. Creativity is messy! I appreciate the observation that when you’re in a black/white space, it makes it hard to make something new

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me too, me too to all of this ❤️

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we are all feeling our way through the forest.

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I'm just crawling out of the forest myself, Christine. I've also published little, and have also found it difficult to read. Thanks for all of this.

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here for you. let's hold each other's hand/s.

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How did I miss this when it published? Maybe I just needed to see it now. Resonates so deeply. Interesting that I've dragged my rusty voice to Substack as I've begun to come back from an extended silence, too.

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Me, but my entire 20’s and 30’s? And part of my 40’s? Thank you for writing about this stuck feeling. I’m sorry you experienced it and so happy you are through it. The world needs your words, I need them. This moved something in me today. Thank you for sharing where you’ve been and where you are going. X

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You are why I write! I'm so glad my writing moved you.

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Your writing deeply moves me too. Thank you.

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