What about the work you don’t see me do?
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What about the work you don’t see me do?
Nobody ever sees the not-glamorous side of making art. Everybody sees the final product. Everybody sees the show when it’s being performed or the installation when it’s up, but you don’t see all the hard work that goes into it, all the tedious stuff, all the breakdowns you have and the crying at home. And there’s so much of that. It’s so important ... See more
On doing what it takes to bring your ideas to life
The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem
Julie Phillips • 2 highlights
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What had prevented my mum making the art she wanted to during the first five and a half decades of her life? The same stuff that stops endless amounts of people fulfilling the more creative life they desire: a tiring full-time job, the concomitant extra job of being a good parent, house moves and house renovations, a lack of self-belief rooted to a
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