VOL 03 : SUNDAYS ARE FOR MOTHERS
With photographer and creative, Cora
Hello friends, I’d love to welcome you to the
Sundays are for Mothers written interview series.
Happy Sunday friends! Sending this out nice and early, 7am my time so that you can see it and intentionally carve out a half hour or so in your Sunday to pour a cuppa and take a moment to indulge in the interview!
As a mother, and as a woman devoted to not only my creative process, but also exploring different avenues for my creativity, intuition, business ideas over the years - some privately, some publicly, some for arts sake, some as income streams… I’ve learned that the road can feel lonely.
Not always lonely as in physically alone - though of course that can happen too… (sort of? With kids buzzing in and out)… But alone in the sense of feeling like it’s a mystery how any other mother does it. I’ve felt, many times, that I so badly just wanted just a peak behind the curtains of other creatives, who were somehow moving between children, a creative project/ their business/ clients, the home, to their lover, into their community…
I’d ask myself questions like “How do they balance it? Does that exist? Is it just a highlight reel and it’s actually chaos like my BTS? Do the dishes get done, or is she on the laptop next to a pile of clothes needing to be folded…. “
All the way to “I wonder how she decides to price things, Does she get Ideas seducing her in the middle of the night too? What’s her process, how does it all work?”
When I published An Open Letter To Mother Creatives
It became clear that what I had known to be true, and assumed true for others…. was in fact very relatable and we are all dancing and weaving in our own ways through the journey of our motherhood and nourishing the heart with whatever our creativity is channeled into.
Sundays are for Mothers is a bi-weekly interview series I’m publishing here on Substack exclusive to my paid community of mother makers.
The series is designed to demystify the mystery of the Mother Maker. To have a peak behind the curtains and feel both the magic and the monotonous moments of this journey as creatives. To be able to explore things like the realities of home life, relationship, raising creative children, making space for ourselves, the struggles, insecurities and celebrations that come with this walk. Intrinsically, this series is FOR YOU, the Mother Maker, to have you feel more connected to others, to dissolve guilt or shame, to spark inspiration, to normalise so much of this world as a creative, and make space for more ease within our own experiences.
I urge you to connect with the women interviewed, please come and enjoy the conversation in the comments, let’s create a little hub (or big hub?) of energy and understanding that I believe, we all crave.
So much love, thank you for being here
Love Kat
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SUNDAYS ARE FOR MOTHERS VOL 03
Hey! I would love to start by you sharing a bit about yourself, your family, your story and what you do.
Hey! Thank you for having me here today. I’m Cora, a professional Photographer, Potter enthusiast, lover of all things art related. I’m a proud mama of two amazing souls, Olivia who is 5 and River who is 2. I share life, parenthood, dishes and dreams with Gabe. We moved to Western Australia from Sao Paulo together in 2013, and drove to QLD end of 2018, when Oli was 10 months old, leaving us with so many beautiful memories of this land that we honour and love so much. We speak Portuguese at home as a sacred ritual and I hope we will never loose it. When I’m with them, I’m home.
I’ve been researching the space that mothers have occupied during history and it’s both heartbreaking and encouraging. It makes me sad thinking of all the Mothers through time creating after bedtime and not being valued or recognised, but it also lights a fire within that makes me want to keep creating and occupying a space. I photograph mothers and whatever it is that tells their story in this moment in life. Sometimes it’s their business, other times it’s their birth. I also organise pottery gatherings in my house to encourage mothers to create with their hands, while also connecting and creating a village. It’s beautiful.
What are some key moments in your creative journey so far? (both failures and triumphs)