The Brave Edit by Jess Keating

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How to Navigate Creative Incubation

The awkward, quiet weirdness of it all.

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Jess Keating
Oct 31, 2023
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For the past year or so, I’ve been at a creative impasse.

I’ve always had an instinct for shifting winds, and usually feel a sense of excitement when I can tell that one creative avenue is coming to a close, while another is quietly opening for me.

Lately, though?

It’s maddening how slow the process of creative incubation has been for me this time. Where…

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