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…because we thrive when play is protected & perfectionism is politely asked to leave.
A Newsletter for creative practices, overthinkers & recovering perfectionists.
SUBSTACK: DON’T MURDER THE FUN-NESS
Perhaps the wisest creative advice I ever received was…
from our fuzzy duck golden haired (almost three year old) little boy. I was trying to, OR maybe to stop him from doing something (I don’t even remember which anymore).
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what is seared into my brain is in EXASPERATION HE DECLARED:
His words stopped me dead in my tracks.
They struck me deep.
Shocked knowing he was 100% right, I couldn’t understand how someone so young could be so wise? Was he a reincarnated guru?
From that moment on, whenever I find myself overthinking, tinkering, distracted…
(“Oh, hello a rabbit hole! Don’t mind if I do”!)
OR if I’m just plain murdering the doo-doo out of the fun-ness by overworking it
(um, yeah you perfectionism. I’m staring at you sneaky #$%*)
I pause.
I take a breath.
AND say to myself…
don't
murder
the
fun-ness
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don't murder the fun-ness *
Which is where all this FUN-NESS business came from!
this substack newsletter is a safe space where we’ll learn TOGETHER how to keep our creative sparks alive, no matter what your medium. I’ll share with you my personal creative journey (FUN-NESS) and struggles (my womp-womp-I-murdered-it moments).
we shall UN-murder the FUN-NESS WITH postw with:
Friday fortunes: inspirational quote from the wisest of all the cookies!
“WFT?!” That’s right, what the fun-ness! call to action prompts for every kind of creative life.
we’ll continue to add to our fun-ness emergency kits together
along with stories from my fun-ness factory: studio to yours