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Crossroads: Entering a new phase as a mother-artist
A rebirth of sorts...
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A present for you and me
A poem to ponder over the present season…
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Self-sabotage as a socially accepted norm for mother artists
We are expected to not make it, so why bother?
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10. On Writing With Children
Hi there, welcome to Follow Your Gut, a newsletter where I (Elin Petronella) write about the artist life and business from soon a decade long…
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08. I am rich on sleep I never slept
The 8th installment of the mother artist column-to-be-book
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07. When the end of a chapter is the beginning of something greater
What I thought would be the end of our business, became the best thing that could’ve happened... 7th instalment of the Mother-Artist column
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06. The real reason I quit Instagram (despite 200k followers)
6th installment of the memoir:ish column-to-be-book “How to be a Mother-Artist”
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05. Sticking to your principles as the noise gets louder
It's not a new phenomenon to feel as though happiness/values are put in an antithesis to making money... Exceptional free read of the 5th instalment in…
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04. Two major themes emerged after the announcement, both equally uncomfortable
This is the 4th entry in the paid column: Mother-Artist. Sequel to “When Will You Get a Real Job”.
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03. I rather be successful behind the scenes than forced to keep up a fake facade
Part 03, of the paid mother-artist column and serialization of my book with the same name
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02. What I wish I knew before I became a mother
Part 02 of the paid Mother Artist- column
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01. Maybe we have to go through a shit-show to fully bloom into who we’re meant to be?
Part 01 of the paid column “Mother-Artist”
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