
do you have any space to create slow??? + forgotten island / filipiniana (happy FAHM!!!)
HAPPY FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH // FILIPINO FALLLLLL Getting a little ahead on our original episode release order bc we just HAVE to talk about Forgotten Island & Filipiniana. (Ilona's Human Design episode is next 😏) If you're in Vegas, we just launched an in-person series called slo create: a monthly workshop for burned out creatives to practice slow creation We had our first one last month and talk about the importance of creating with your HANDS (esp if you're always creating through screens) along with how comforting it is to go through creative challenges with a community of others going through similar things How are YEWWW doing? Where are you at creatively at this point in the year with the days winding down and going into the holiday season? Sending you lots of love and wishing you well in your journey back to your creative self 🩵⛲️✨ MEET YOUR CO-HOSTS (NOT) DOING THE MOST We're 3 unhinged creative playmates & friends on our own journeys to (re)discover the joy in creating, community, and care. Here's a little about what's wrong with us and why we're like that! NAME: SUNSHINE (real name) (air sun, water moon) ROLE: recovering perfectionist, multi-hyphenate, anti-disciplinary creative. neurospice gorl. (insufferable) LORE: Ex-corporate creative who thought she landed her dream career... until it made her hate creating and everything that came with it MISSION: the feminine urge to dismantle the systems and conditioning that fckd her up NAME: MONICA (we call her Monny) (earth sun, air moon) ROLE: the somatic anchor, collective care heaux. fellow neurosexy bihhh. LORE: whatever happened, it led her to become a trauma-informed architect of spaces that embody home MISSION: reminding us that it's hot to take care of our bodies so we can take care of each other NAME: Bingle (don't give her any nicknames) (earth sun, air moon) ROLE: the brave little island ghorl that could LORE: Philippines born + Guamraised visual storyteller who moved across the world by herself, then went from full-time employee to full-time creative. (don't fxxx w/ her) MISSION: bridging the gap between making art, doing business, and being hot while she's at it 💧 WHAT YOU'LL GET SPENDING TIME WITH CREATE WELL: Real conversations for those looking for their creative spark again Recognizing and dismantling the commodification of art & creative burnout Building sustainable creative recovery with real friends, real joy Discovering what it means to go from creative doing to creative being Let's dive in ⛲️ 00:00 - welcome to create well 01:10 - what's yappening 03:50 - filipino creatives & artists having a MOMENT 17:50 - introducing slow create 20:40 - digital vs analog creation 23:40 - regulation through physical creation 28:50 - confronting perfectionism and control 34:40 - process over product 38:30 - artist dates and community 40:00 - dismantling perfectionism 45:50 - unlearning hustle culture 48:40 - sitting with creative discomfort 53:40 - what's filling your well 1:03:20 - closing collective breath
