Our writing group has developed this unspoken hierarchy where certain people's feedback carries more weight and the rest of us have started self-censoring both our work and our responses. What used to feel like genuine creative exchange now feels like performing for approval, but we all keep showing up and pretending it's still working.
More people experience this than they realize.
The group's creative intimacy has been replaced by a performance of collaboration that everyone recognizes but no one has named.
“Where Are You with Creativity as spiritual practice?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.