Hear hear. Embracing a loss of control, or rejecting the obligation to be in control, sounds like a good starting place for creative work, and maybe (scary as it sounds) life in general. Thanks Jane. This was a great way to start (well, continue as I was up far too early) my day. 😀
Thank you so much Rob for your continual thoughtfulness and support! I may write more about control because it's such a rich theme and one that shows up so much in my day-to-day, but I'm so pleased what I've written so far has resonated!
Sep 7, 2023·edited Sep 7, 2023Liked by Jane Claire Bradley
While I realize you’re writing about writing in this essay (at least in part, while also contextualizing writing and art within a larger whole), your words about control resonate powerfully with my recovery from anorexia and my ongoing addiction to over-work, ocd patterning, etc. Thank you.
And here’s to upending whatever it is that we call success and failure and what’s next and expected.
Thank you so much for reading, and for the thoughtful comment! Rewriting our own definitions of success and failure feels like such a necessary and transformative process in so many areas, with so many applications. I'm really pleased to hear it resonated!
Hear hear. Embracing a loss of control, or rejecting the obligation to be in control, sounds like a good starting place for creative work, and maybe (scary as it sounds) life in general. Thanks Jane. This was a great way to start (well, continue as I was up far too early) my day. 😀
Thank you so much Rob for your continual thoughtfulness and support! I may write more about control because it's such a rich theme and one that shows up so much in my day-to-day, but I'm so pleased what I've written so far has resonated!
While I realize you’re writing about writing in this essay (at least in part, while also contextualizing writing and art within a larger whole), your words about control resonate powerfully with my recovery from anorexia and my ongoing addiction to over-work, ocd patterning, etc. Thank you.
And here’s to upending whatever it is that we call success and failure and what’s next and expected.
Thank you so much for reading, and for the thoughtful comment! Rewriting our own definitions of success and failure feels like such a necessary and transformative process in so many areas, with so many applications. I'm really pleased to hear it resonated!
Thanks for connecting with my work, in means a lot to hear it's resonating and others are having similar experiences! With solidarity!
(PS: I gasped a little at your message from the universe...)
Me too! Still no clue where that bit of paper came from but I'm trying hard to embrace its message. Thank you so much for reading and commenting.
Great piece 💗 so many of the systems you elude to are patriarchal, so many are trying to cling on for dear life to *ye olde ways*
Such a good shout, the twin intertwined monsters of capitalism and patriarchy have such a lot to answer for!