Things We Talk About In This Episode:
The business idea that grew out of Maressa’s own creative slump
How important it is to value creativity (Maressa says it’s the uniqueness that makes us human) even if the people around us - and society in general - don’t recognise the value
The challenge of finding the balance on Instagram (and elsewhere) between “what I want to share” and “what people want”
Developing an Instagram account that creates space for you to be a whole person, and that can evolve alongside your interests
How talking to camera on video became a way for Maressa to make her content more accessible to people with visual and hearing disabilities
The way in which Maressa uses her platform to talk about anti-racism, in a way that started out from a need to share and evolved into a process of very personal and vulnerable education
Talking to our children about racism (“we need to see colour in order to see privilege”)
Maressa’s Patreon space: why she started it, how she structures it, and how creating a paid space enabled Maressa to start valuing herself, and helped members of her community likewise value themselves
The difference between consciously selling, versus sharing with genuine excitement about what we are doing
Parenting and creativity, and how Maressa models the creative life to her children
Links mentioned in this episode:
Maressa on Instagram: @maressamade
Mareesa’s Patreon community
Maressa's Maker Affirmations series
Nova Reid's HA podcast episode “Anti-Racism Work for Well-Meaning Liberals”
Connecting to Your Creative Courage, with Maressa Fernandez