#E4 The Gap and the State We Are Waiting For (4/8)

There are two kinds of gap. The gap of time — the years of absence — we talked about in Episode Two. This episode is about a different gap entirely: the distance between what you can imagine making and what actually emerges when you put your hands to the work.The gap does not close. Even as skill increases, the vision expands faster. And the gap can become a prison — the thing that keeps you protecting the idea from the making, circling it for years without landing. It can also become something more useful: a signal that the direction is subtly wrong, that you are making toward someone else’s measure rather than your own.Episode Four is also about flow — the state we are waiting for before we allow ourselves to begin, and why waiting for it is precisely the thing that prevents it from arriving.The non-flow hours are not the failed hours. They are the most of the hours. They are what a creative practice is actually made of.I am Chandra Rice. I make things at Il Baciarino, a small agriturismo in the hills of Tuscany. New episodes every two weeks. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chandralrice.substack.com