Absolutely love this frame. Also want to add two things:
1. Yes to speaking about your work "with the fervour of a soon-to-be mother" ... but also it's okay to recognize if you're still in the vulnerable early stages where you don't know if the pregnancy is going to flourish and you don't want to tell too many people because you're just protecting it and yourself around it. Sometimes creative work needs that protection before it's ready to be shared with the world.
2. And also, sometimes we lose our babies. Sometimes no matter how much we really want a creative piece to come into the world, it doesn't ... at least not in that time and not in that way. And when that happens, it is not just okay but important to grieve that and recognize that it's not something to feel shame about. You are here to mother in many, many ways.
Absolutely love this frame. Also want to add two things:
1. Yes to speaking about your work "with the fervour of a soon-to-be mother" ... but also it's okay to recognize if you're still in the vulnerable early stages where you don't know if the pregnancy is going to flourish and you don't want to tell too many people because you're just protecting it and yourself around it. Sometimes creative work needs that protection before it's ready to be shared with the world.
2. And also, sometimes we lose our babies. Sometimes no matter how much we really want a creative piece to come into the world, it doesn't ... at least not in that time and not in that way. And when that happens, it is not just okay but important to grieve that and recognize that it's not something to feel shame about. You are here to mother in many, many ways.
Such beautiful additions 🫶🏼