22: Birthing Our Ideas while Deconstructing Identity in the Creative Process with Molly the Imagination Doula

<p>"Imagination is what links us directly to hope because if we can't imagine a better future, we can't be hopeful about a better future. Art is the channel that directs us to hope because we are actively using our imaginations to create what didn't exist before." - Molly the Imagination</p> <p>It's amazing how much tension we might find in the creative process. Tension in the creative process is not the same as "resistance". Encountering tension is not always an indicator that you're the on the wrong path or that you should stop what you're creating and go a different route. Sometimes, tension is like a birthing pain that comes with the labor of the creative process.</p> <p>Another episode from our unpublished backlog, we were so thrilled to sit down with Molly the Imagination back in the Fall to explore the topic of "Birthing Our Ideas while Deconstructing Identity in the Creative Process".</p> <p><strong>Topics Mentioned in this Episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Learning to hold space for the delicate emotions that arise in the creative process</li> <li>Letting go of the respectability politics of identifying as a creative</li> <li>Expanding past our known limits into self-trust</li> <li>What is a doula? How does a doula support the birthing process?</li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Human Design and the Energy Project</li> <li>Projectors by The Dayluna Podcast</li> </ul> <p><strong>About Molly O'Riley:</strong></p> <p>Molly&nbsp;is an artist, teacher and imagination doula. Founder of The Darling Revolution (<a href="http://thedarlingrevolution.com/">thedarlingrevolution.com</a>) she seeks to explore the intersections of the human experience, creativity and emergence. She creates abstract works in dialogue her intuitive process, and helps wild hearted humans repair their relationships to themselves using creative practices and imagination.</p> <p><strong>About the Journey to Sacred Self-Initiation</strong></p> <p>A free live 3-day workshop series for the creati