Finally releasing this podcast I recorded a couple months ago on the magick of making random, unpolished, intuitive art and opening yourself up to other ways of knowing, other modes of processing, and the ineffable aspect of your internal alchemy.
We think of the process of developing ideas as being exclusively intellectual, rational, conscious. But when we think of the creative process that way, we cut ourselves off from the magick, from the ritualistic, intuitive way that we feel through an idea. We end up trying to make art with one hand tied behind our back.
And if you want to get the magick going, you’d best start engaging your ideas directly and indirectly. You’re going to want to develop other methods of getting to know what’s bubbling in your inner cauldrons. And in order to do that, you’ll have to get a bit abstract. I recommend trying tools like somatic dialogue, meditation, automatic drawing and writing, weaving rituals—the only limit is your imagination. You never know what might connect with your individual subconscious, what practices and processes might bring forth your Genius. But if you don’t start thinking a little experimentally, you’re going to be stuck in your cozy little creative rut forever.
Get a little weird with it! What’s the worst that could happen?
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