E6 - Nick Mulvey | What If Surrender Is a Form of Creation?
Show notes
What if surrender isn't the opposite of creation, but part of it?
Today, the Wodcast sits down with musician and songwriter Nick Mulvey for a wide-ranging conversation about words, music, faith, creativity and the things that can only be felt beyond language.
Nick arrives with the word “yield” a word that can mean both to produce and to surrender. From this apparent contradiction, the conversation opens into a deeper exploration of creativity, control and what happens when we stop trying to do everything ourselves. Nick reflects on the role surrender has played in his own life, and why he believes some of the best things that have happened to him have come through yielding.
The conversation moves into faith, masculinity, the sacred feminine and Nick's evolving relationship with Christianity and the natural world. He reflects on the process of integrating seemingly opposing forces, and on how his understanding of God, Earth, fatherhood and masculinity has changed over time.
They also explore the limits of language: the moments when words become inadequate, when music can say something that language cannot, and why there is “a lot that is ineffable.” Nick reflects on songwriting, the mysterious process of hearing something larger than himself, and the relationship between poetry, music and the questions we spend our lives asking.
This episode is an invitation to loosen our grip: to consider what might emerge when we stop forcing, make space for the unknown, and allow ourselves to listen for what cannot always be put into words.
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Topics include:
• Yield and surrender
• Creativity and the unknown
• Music, poetry and songwriting
• The limits of language
• Dark Harvest
• Faith and Christianity
• Masculinity and the sacred feminine
• Nature and belonging
• Duality and integration
• The ineffable
• The words behind Nick's lyrics
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Join us live on Substack next Wednesday.
Mabel & Ben will explore three of Nick's weight-bearing words their origins, histories and the meanings they carry before slowing down for the final 15 minutes with music and time to write together, inspired by the words and ideas from the conversation.
We'd love for you to join us. ✨