collaboration requires trust & vulnerability

this week’s episodeThis week, we’re talking about the Joyful Practice principle: We seek connection to the collective unconscious through collaboration with: friends, strangers, ancestors, dreams, chance, landscape, & the natural world.Its a big topic, ya’ll. Collaboration is expansive. How do we collaborate with our creative intuitions, with our surroundings, or with the fears and ideologies that keep us tethered to grind culture? It might be the first step is learning to listen with discernment. Much of this conversation focuses on how collaborations are one way to give the middle finger to the patriarchal and capitalistic belief that ideas are proprietary. We argue for cross-pollination and for vulnerability and trust as our collaborative guides. links & resources* The Scrap Heap essay: Collaboration is a bee with its butt hanging out of a foxglove’s petal* The Prompt Portal: the collaborations you desire, desire you* This episode from the podcast, Wonder Cabinet: David George Haskell: Flowers and the Revolutionary Power of Beauty (we didn’t mention this podcast in our conversation, but it is a great companion to this week’s topic).* Jenn’s original foxglove image: The text in the image reads: We aim to work together in the realm of collective unconscious, which means that on some level, all work is collaboration. Cross-pollination, mind meld, microchimeras are signs of a healthy creative ecosystem. We can have open discussion about sharing credit and gray areas. * Sarah’s reiterated foxglove image:The text in the image reads: We seek connection to the collective unconscious through collaboration with: friends, strangers, ancestors, dreams, chance, & landscape.* barn swallow nest with mixed feather decor (if your look close you can see some chick heads) about the showAt the end of 2024, Jenn and Sarah decided to design the workshop we needed for our own creative growth. Together, we wanted to build a creative community centered around play and exploration. We called it Joyful Practice for Dark Times.As we continued to lead workshops, we tracked the ideas and values that guided our work and assembled a set of (ever-evolving) principles: the emergent philosophy of Joyful Practice. Those principles are the vertebrae of this podcast.We offer this podcast as an antidote to grind culture and digital imperialism. We hope it helps you to reclaim your time, your joy, your rage, and find refuge in creative practice.how to find us* Substack: The Scrap Heap* Apple Podcasts: The Joyful Practice Podcast* Spotify: The Joyful Practice Podcast* Instagram: @joyfulpracticeanalogThank you for joining us. Tell your friends, and visit us in the comments. Get full access to The Scrap Heap at scrapheap.substack.com/subscribe