My wife and I are both artists but from completely different cultural backgrounds and we're trying to create work together that honors both our traditions without appropriating or diluting either one, and every piece we start feels like we're walking through a minefield of what's respectful versus what's authentic. We keep second-guessing ourselves and each other and nothing we make feels like it belongs to either of our worlds or creates something genuinely new.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two creators are paralyzed by the competing demands of cultural authenticity and creative innovation, unable to find confident footing in the liminal space between traditions.
“Where Are You with Creative confidence across traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.