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What a super post! Thank you for the inspiration. Xo

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Apr 14Liked by Kelcey Ervick

Thanks! A wonderful, engaging read. Inspiring!

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From creative abandon to abandonment of creativity ❤️ GENIUS… all of it…

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Apr 14Liked by Kelcey Ervick

Wow I love everything about this. As a librarian who only started drawing when I was 54 this really moves me. Thank you!

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Apr 14Liked by Kelcey Ervick

I read your post from beginning to end and wished for more. Touching and funny. I’m looking forward to The Keeper.

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Apr 16Liked by Kelcey Ervick

Such a delight, and so true what you’ve shared about creating with abandon vs abandoning creativity! Thank you :)

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Apr 16Liked by Kelcey Ervick

I just found your newsletter and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. Thank you for creating and sharing.

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You did it again! ❤️

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Apr 16Liked by Kelcey Ervick

As parent, and primary caregiver, to four (4!) teens, I can confirm they are a wild (but often friendly) and precocious (but often insecure) species! I'm so thrilled to be able to read your graphic essays here on Substack!

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Apr 15Liked by Kelcey Ervick

“No thanks. We know what we’re doing!” 😂 What a wonderfully captured and illustrated recap of the workshop. They sound great. Love this: “Maybe we can be as brave as a dragon who chooses to be itself.”

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Apr 15Liked by Kelcey Ervick

That ending! Well played, my friend.

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Apr 15Liked by Kelcey Ervick

Absolutely brilliant perspective! You inspire so many people…including me. 😎

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Love this post! Thanks for mentioning POETRY COMICS, and I second the Lynda Barry influence. She's one of the great graphic thinkers and teachers!

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Apr 15Liked by Kelcey Ervick

THIS. was soooooo inspiring!!!

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Apr 15Liked by Kelcey Ervick

OMG. This was so inspiring, and as usual w/ you, so wonderfully illustrated. Those teens were so inspiring. From the mouths (and pens of, no longer, but still really, they are) babes.

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Apr 15Liked by Kelcey Ervick

Oh I love this post! Why do we get so scared about creativity at some point, I wonder. Thanks for sharing your insights.

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