Creative communities encourage you to try things you might not have done otherwise.
I never thought of myself as a perfumier, but here is my first big batch.
Must admit, I felt a bit decadent using 35 drops of Herboristerie Firadous Rose oil.

But courage comes from company.

Creative Communities are the Bees Knees is this weeks Substack essay. In it, I wax lyrical about why communities are it. Why do we thrive together? What is the key to successful communities?
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Community and creativity has always been intertwined. Creativity thrives in community, and community is designed by our evolving creativity.

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“You’ll Never recover from failure.” “You’re only as good as your last project.” These are lies designed to make us give up. So, don’t give up. Make failure the fodder for your next attempt.
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Two words: Bleeding Brilliant.
If you are swimming in the ocean that is neurospicy womanhood, this is freaky good. Read it.

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I am so excited to release this new essay on Substack. If you ever thought that creativity was something you did to reward yourself, think again. The science suggests that creativity is essential—that it is the calm that clears our chaos.

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I have started a Substack about creativity and going beyond the Nevers.

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Being hopeful during the current changes in the world. It is like your best friend has had an accident and they are no longer who they once were. Instead of having your back, they are sharpening a stick to poke into it. Everyone is trying to gently help out while getting out of range of the stick.

Happy Solstice. Beyond the religious holidays, the earth does what it does. May it do well by you in the coming season, and I hope you do well by it.

The best version of Hallelujah, in my opinion. I just wish that it was a high def, high end, recording.

Do you know of any that can compete?

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#Music #Musicsky

👍 prepared!

Rewatching Babylon 5. I know it is from the last century, but it offers so many insights into how to construct long-arc fiction series. Molari's transformation; how Straczynski seeds his flaws in the Pilot episode and then drips things in through the first series—Golden.
#Babylon5 #Writing

Watched Martha Marcy Mae Marlene after listening to a q&a podcast on cults. Been interested in cults since my ex-husband got us caught up in 'Christian' one. It took 3 years to pull away because I wanted to bring him out of it, but his mind has never recovered.
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#cults

@tfburkeauthor.bsky.social what do I do to join the Apex starter pack or group or what not?