Process

“Habit, trusted too long, becomes disguise. Disruption, overused, becomes avoidance.”
Two women practicing acro yoga indoors, standing on a wooden floor with a curtains and brick wall in the background. One woman is leaning forward with her back slightly bent, while the other is balanced on her hands and feet, facing her with her hands raised.

Photo Credit: Judith Stuart

We often talk about what we make, but less about how we make it. Process invites you to look under the hood of your own creative engine—to witness your habits, disruptions, beginnings, and feedback loops not as invisible background noise but as active shapers of the work itself. Whether you design each process anew or rely on a trusted framework, this chapter gives you tools to balance structure with surprise, stability with change, and discipline with surrender—so the process becomes as alive and intentional as the final piece.

Featuring a contribution by Janet Wong

Excerpt: Beginnings Shape Everything
“Which of your habits are scaffolding your creativity—and which are quietly caging it?”