19. Finding allies for your creative dream

This pod is usually focused on our personal relationships to our writing, and ways to rediscover and strengthen that alchemical creative connection. But this month, I’ve been thinking about the role other people can play in helping us sustain and carry our creative dreams.

It’s much easier to tap into the flow of creative alchemy if someone else is extending their own alchemical gaze onto you – a supportive gaze that can transform your ordinary self into someone capable of making artistic work with deep meaning.

The further away your ordinary self is from what’s generally considered “ordinary,” though... the more you usually lack carriers for your dream. And carrying it alone can leave your creative reserves stretched pretty thin.

Tune in to explore two ways you can change this state of affairs and access the crucial power of vision carrying in your writing life.

Writing praxis tip

This month’s tip takes the form of two lists to help you connect with new carriers for your dream, in both your real life and your inner life.