Very much appreciated this Lindsay! Katherine May wrote something the other day about burnout being almost a part of her process, that there are those explosive and intense periods of work followed by total exhaustion. I resonate with that as well and I think it’s interesting to think of how burnout and tiredness might be a part of the general creative flow, and not just something that happens because we’re doing things wrong. Being kinder to ourselves I guess? Thanks again for your thoughts!
I love that, I definitely feel like it is a part of the cycle of making- I think burn out as a topic has become a trendy thing that kind of glosses over the reality of needing to push through it, to perhaps hold it while asking ourselves to show up anyway. Showing up and making this work is just very hard sometimes! I think a lot of times it gets bundled in with hustle culture and so the idea of pushing through it feels or has been presented as negative- when I think it just is.
Love this, thank you for it Lindsay! I feel very seen - this is how I've felt since December after a period of intense work. However, much as I'd like to I'm not able to simply stop and take a complete break, so I really resonate with your search for how to show up in the middle of it and keep going - I think that's the less glamorous reality for most folks. And I love the no new personal projects rule - haha there's probably a year's worth of paintings already in my head/lists without putting any new shiny ideas in the mix ;) Wishing you sweet days of practicing, painting and resting!
Very much appreciated this Lindsay! Katherine May wrote something the other day about burnout being almost a part of her process, that there are those explosive and intense periods of work followed by total exhaustion. I resonate with that as well and I think it’s interesting to think of how burnout and tiredness might be a part of the general creative flow, and not just something that happens because we’re doing things wrong. Being kinder to ourselves I guess? Thanks again for your thoughts!
I love that, I definitely feel like it is a part of the cycle of making- I think burn out as a topic has become a trendy thing that kind of glosses over the reality of needing to push through it, to perhaps hold it while asking ourselves to show up anyway. Showing up and making this work is just very hard sometimes! I think a lot of times it gets bundled in with hustle culture and so the idea of pushing through it feels or has been presented as negative- when I think it just is.
Love this, thank you for it Lindsay! I feel very seen - this is how I've felt since December after a period of intense work. However, much as I'd like to I'm not able to simply stop and take a complete break, so I really resonate with your search for how to show up in the middle of it and keep going - I think that's the less glamorous reality for most folks. And I love the no new personal projects rule - haha there's probably a year's worth of paintings already in my head/lists without putting any new shiny ideas in the mix ;) Wishing you sweet days of practicing, painting and resting!