Chelsea Granger is an artist and illustrator based in Connecticut whose work is grounded in love, earth magic, and collective liberation. In this conversation we talk about:

Why creating a morning ritual assists in invoking the energy you want to feel in the day
Why inviting slower energy welcomes the space for creative projects to arise
What it means to make the shift from making art to trusting the pure flow of our creative potential
The contrast between service and success as an artist
How death has a way of clarifying your core values, and lets you see what really matters with clearer vision
How the horror of death can serve as a portal to gifts of healing and more vibrant states of being
Why community is so imperative in keeping you afloat while you experience the pain of death
What it means to navigate the surreal shock and strangeness of sudden death
Why sharing about the process of grief and death is so meaningful in a society that doesn’t talk about it at all
How choosing life changes your relationship with death
What it means to show up when people die
How death brings both great despair and great acts of love at the same time
How depression has the ability to unplug you from everything you love and enjoy, and leave you feeling ashamed
What it means to trust the ones you love and how they hold your true vision when you can’t see yourself clearly anymore
Why grief has its own timeline and can be a long process
Why coming to life with more aliveness is such a potent way to honour the person you have lost
How grief changes you from darkness to lightness
How the things that don't serve you through your grief process sift themselves out
How by fully allowing yourself to feel grief, you release the grip of your shadows

Links:

Check out all Chelsea’s amazing offerings on her website at https://www.chelseagranger.com/
Connect with Chelsea on Instagram @chelseairisgranger
Check out The Royal Frog Ballet at http://www.theroyalfrogballet.com/
To purchase Chelsea’s posters, zines, and art visit her Etsy page at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChelseaGranger
Check out Chelsea’s resources on death and grief at https://www.chelseagranger.com/deathgrief.html
Check out Chelsea’s book recommendations:
Saying Kaddish by Anita Diamant at http://anitadiamant.com/books/saying-kaddish/overview/
The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martin Prechtel at http://www.floweringmountain.com/books/rain-on-dust.html
To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’donohue at https://www.johnodonohue.com/store
Concerning the Book That is the Body of the Beloved by Gregory Orr at http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/gregoryorr.html
Modern Women Many Moon Books at https://visualmagic.info/many-moons-workbook/