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Hello Friends! Welcome back to Practice Practice.
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It's scary season! When your typically boring neighbors display home-made monsters in their front yards. In our neighborhood, we are seeing some truly twisted creations! Between these terrifying displays and the very scary things happening in our everyday world, we're thinking about the role anxiety and fear play in creative practice.
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Anxiety usually make creativity feel harder, but is there a way to make it a collaborator or even a friend?
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Homemade Halloween decorations on display in our neighborhood
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Ghost stories and monster movies channel fear in ways that feel cathartic and even pleasurable. Horror powerhouse Jordan Peele bases his films on his real life anxieties. Does systemic oppression or imagining your doppelganger keep you awake at night too? Folding your fears into your creative practice makes space to examine ideas that are otherwise too hot to hold.
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Integrating fear into our practices is how we learn and grow. You might fear of criticism or judgement, which stops you from trying a new medium or idea. The vulnerability of failing, while scary, is a powerful catalyst for personal growth.
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Anxiety Practice:
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Use your favorite creative medium to represent your anxiety or fear. Draw the demons that keep you awake at night. Paint the shape, color, and texture of your fear. Improvise a song about a monster that terrifies you. Write a story that makes your social anxiety a character. Sew a plush toy version of the ghost that haunts you.
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Have a safe and happy Halloween! 👻
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We'll be back in 2 weeks.
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Until then, keep practicing!
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