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Novelist Sue Monk Kidd discusses the creative process, listening to the deep longings of the soul, and how her journey from religious conservatism to feminist spirituality shaped both her writing and her life.
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Canon
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Kidd describes the terror of publishing The Secret Life of Bees: her deepest emotions, experiences, and beliefs were encoded in the characters. Publishing meant allowing strangers to evaluate her inner world. The courage to create is the courage to be seen.
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Kidd argues that longings are diagnostic: what you ache for (creative expression, deeper connection, spiritual meaning) reveals your true self. Most people suppress their longings because pursuing them would disrupt the performed self that keeps life stable.
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