What do you do when a project ends? We explore creative grief and how to deal with it
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What do you do when a project ends? We explore creative grief and how to deal with it
To effect a creative recovery, we must undergo a time of mourning. In dealing with the suicide of the “nice” self we have been making do with, we find a certain amount of grief to be essential. Our tears prepare the ground for our future growth. Without this creative moistening, we may remain barren. We must allow the bolt of pain to strike us. Rem
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