I really appreciate this perspective, Nic. There's so much unspoken pressure to maintain that "body of work" to prove legitimacy or so people know what to expect, and yet... it's limiting too. Why keep reinventing yourself within the same constraints? That's the antithesis of—mm, what word do I want here... nothing 100 percent fits—evolution that is born out of joyful flourishing?
It makes me think of the blog I maintained for several years... I went through a divorce in 2017 and just couldn't bring myself to write publicly anymore. Last year, I did not renew the hosting space and they deleted the site. I reuploaded everything to squarespace, but couldn't find the wherewithal to republish it. There was/is freedom in having it all taken down for me. I hadn't evolved my thinking to consider it from your "compost" perspective, but I like that. Maybe starting from new seeds is how the writing grows again.
I really appreciate this perspective, Nic. There's so much unspoken pressure to maintain that "body of work" to prove legitimacy or so people know what to expect, and yet... it's limiting too. Why keep reinventing yourself within the same constraints? That's the antithesis of—mm, what word do I want here... nothing 100 percent fits—evolution that is born out of joyful flourishing?
It makes me think of the blog I maintained for several years... I went through a divorce in 2017 and just couldn't bring myself to write publicly anymore. Last year, I did not renew the hosting space and they deleted the site. I reuploaded everything to squarespace, but couldn't find the wherewithal to republish it. There was/is freedom in having it all taken down for me. I hadn't evolved my thinking to consider it from your "compost" perspective, but I like that. Maybe starting from new seeds is how the writing grows again.