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@yancey ‘a latest newsletter, on artist retreats, found its way to my inbox as I myself am on a short retreat. 

He invites us to reimagine the retreating and being visible cycle of creation, to be more aligned with the artist’s inner rhythm.

“If we listen to the ancient wisdom, we can hear the call to reimagine what an artist’s retreat is. Not some elite program in a secluded forest that people like us never get into. Artist retreats as part of everyone’s personal practice. A dedicated time and metaphysical space to retreat, step back, and explore that’s accessible to all.”

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I’ve been thinking about it retreats a lot lately and, as you said, how to make them accessible. 

I managed to go on this short retreat out of pure luck, being invited to document it. So it was part work, part retreat. I wouldn’t have been able to join it otherwise because, as most retreats, it had a high price point.

Yancey mentions a retreat can be a time of not sharing work, but sometimes the creative process calls for more than that - seclusion, introspection, silence, slowing down.
How can we create that in the midst of the business of life?
Another slowcore riddle, I believe!

Thanks for sharing this. The world definitely needs more ways of making retreat time accessible for artists in all walks of life. 

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