Finding Your Creative Tribe as an Adult
There’s a particular kind of loneliness that can exist in creativity. Not the dramatic, obvious kind. Not the kind that announces itself loudly or demands attention. But something quieter. More subtle. The feeling that you are making things in a slightly different rhythm to everyone around you. That your thoughts about colour, texture, stories or ideas don’t always have an obvious place to land in everyday conversation. You might find yourself excited about something small — a material you’ve discovered, a creative idea forming in your head, a workshop you’ve signed up for — and notice that not everyone quite understands why it matters so much to you. Not in an unkind way. Just in a slightly disconnected way. And so, sometimes, creativity becomes something you hold a little more carefully. A sketchbook opened in quiet moments. A half-finished project tucked away on a shelf. A notebook filled with ideas that haven’t quite made it into the world yet. It can begin to feel like something ...
