My wife started a pottery studio after her mom died and I've been managing the business side, but lately I feel like I'm just protecting her from reality while she gets to transform her pain into something beautiful. I'm grieving too but my creativity is numbers and logistics and it feels so much smaller.
More people experience this than they realize.
Not all forms of making from loss look like art, and the supporting partner can become invisible in their own grief while enabling another's creative transformation.
“Where Are You with Grief and creativity — making from loss?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.