27. Crafting a creative life with the Witches’ Pyramid

If you were around for last month’s episode, you may have caught this little line toward the end: “You want to practice your craft consistently as an ethic, not a metric.” And maybe you thought, “Okay, sure... but what does that actually mean, Mary?”

(Or at least, that’s what I thought to myself after the fact.)

So today, I’m exploring the difference between creative ethics and creative metrics, and how adopting a personal writing philosophy can fuel a sustainable, generative, and ever-evolving practice.

Join me as I dig into an example philosophy called the Witches’ Pyramid, to uncover how it could help you meet specific writing goals – without letting those goals determine the way you relate to creative craft as part of your life.

Writing praxis tip

Here are some brainstorming tips to help you start formulating your own version of a creative ethic like the Pyramid.

First of all, don’t let the word “ethic” fool you; coming up with words/values to try out doesn’t have to be an overly serious exercise. In fact, I think it works better if you don’t approach it seriously at all!

These web tools are great places to start. Let your sense of play lead you, and then experiment with what words (and combinations of words) start to call up deeper levels of meaning.