CREATIVE CARE AS RESISTANCE, REST & RITUAL
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CREATIVE CARE AS RESISTANCE, REST & RITUAL ꩜
creative care cult(ure)
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creative care cult(ure) 𖦹
Creative Care Cult(ure) is a living archive and practice space devoted to creativity as care work, art as process and art as a tool for resilience and communal transformation.
Rooted in slow-making, tending, and process-based art, this work centres analogue methods like collage, zines, poetry and storytelling to hold space for expression, experimentation, and presence.
Creativity is not a privilege, but a fundamental tool for the human spirit
— and that care is a radical, ongoing act.
Hello, I’m Julia Joy
she/her
I’m a multidisciplinary, process-based artist and community arts facilitator based in Cape Town.
My practice is rooted in primarily analogue expressions as a way to listen inward, make meaning, and hold space for what’s tender and unfinished. This is work I return to for myself first: a practice of radical self-care, quiet resistance, and reclaiming joy. It is such a (much needed) break from the screen and the scroll - that which ‘demands my attention’ but not my intentions - it a radical act of self-care for me to unplug and re-connect.
In community, I offer spaces where others can do the same, where creativity becomes a way to feel, process, and reimagine the worlds we live in.

My Core Creative Practices
The way I make art isn’t just a technique — it’s a personal excavation and spiritual contemplation practice. My process is the practice.
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Collage is a method of interruption — of excavating image and meaning from the systems that produced them. I collect, dissect, and reconfigure what was never meant to speak back. In this practice, the object becomes subject. What is disposable becomes declarative. Through layering, cutting, and recontextualising, I reclaim narrative and rupture dominant visual culture.
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My zines are built from cut-up collage, text fragments, or original poetry. I create mini-zines to process, question, and voice what doesn’t get spoken out loud. Lo-fi on purpose, they resist perfection and celebrate what’s raw, personal, and political. For me, making zines is a way to think through my hands — to gather, disrupt, and reframe.
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My journaling practice is rooted in stream-of-consciousness writing — raw, unfiltered, and deeply present. Inspired by the idea of Morning Pages, but untethered from routine, I write when I’m moving through big emotions, confusion, or lingering in liminal space. It’s a private act of emotional mapping as a way to listen inward, trace thought patterns, and give shape to the unseen. Writing becomes a tool for release, reflection, and re-orientation.
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My facilitation work centers on art as a tool for healing, expression, and resistance. I create spaces where people — especially girls, youth, and marginalized communities — can access their creativity without fear or pressure to perform. Rooted in process over product, my sessions prioritize storytelling, emotional exploration, and personal agency through accessible materials and intuitive making. Art becomes a language for what can't always be said. This is not about teaching art, but about holding space for people to remember that they are already artists — already whole, already powerful.