When a group wants to help each other share work with the world
You are a group of makers who each struggle to put your work out into the world — held back by fear, by not knowing how, by the discouragement of rejection — and you want to help each other share your work. You want to be a collective that gets everyone's creations out of the drawer and into the world, supporting each other through the fear and the practical difficulty.
Getting work out into the world is where so much creativity stalls, and a group is exactly the thing that can carry each of you across. Go first for each other, so no one has to be alone in the fear — the terror of sharing shrinks when you are not the only one risking it, so take turns being brave, share alongside each other, and make putting work out a shared crossing rather than a solitary leap. Pool what you each know about how to put work out — the practical knowledge of where and how to share, the contacts and methods, can be shared across the group, so teach each other what you've learned and multiply what each can access, for the practical side is often as much a barrier as the fear. And catch each other after rejection, and keep each other going — rejection wounds and stops many makers, so receive the discouraged member, remind them of their work's worth, and encourage them back to sharing, for those supported through the blows endure far better than those who face every rejection alone. Go first, pool knowledge, catch each other. What holds your work back from the world?
What changes unlock by starting
- You go first for each other so no one faces the fear alone
- You pool your practical knowledge of how to share work
- You catch each other after rejection
- You get each other's work out into the world