A Letter to the Woman Who Doesn't Think She's Creative
As you may be able to tell from the title of this podcast, John Paul II’s “Letter to Women” that he penned in 1995 is one of my favorite things that he wrote during his papacy. But he also wrote another letter that we’re diving into in this episode. It’s called the Letter to Artists. There are so many quotes I could pull from this letter that I love, but one in particular struck me:
“All artists experience the unbridgeable gap which lies between the work of their hands, however successful it may be, and the dazzling perfection of the beauty glimpsed in the ardour of the creative moment.”
For a lot of us, this idea of being an artist, experiencing and interacting with creativity can cause us to squirm. Some of us struggle to see ourselves as creative, and I think there’s a lot of shame around this idea of creativity in today’s world.
Maybe you were told to focus on something that pays the bills. Or maybe someone told you that you weren’t creative enough. Maybe you have art scars to heal from.
We have to be able to experience creativity in some shape or form in our life. We can’t just consume creative works. We have to contribute to the beauty found in today’s world.
In today’s episode, I sit down with Anna Camacho. We talk about her passion for creativity, her attention to detail, and the unique way she’s adding beauty to the world. We also discuss healing from shame around creativity.
Topics we talked about in this episode:
The inspiration behind CORDA
Creativity in a world full of screens
The luxury of attention
The heart as a source of strength and courage
Prioritizing time for creativity and play
Seeing creativity in our daily, ordinary tasks
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