"Some people believe holding on and hanging in are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it." ~ Alyson Noel As I wrote about last week, sometimes we need to release a project or say No to something we are currently doing in order to do the bigger work that is ...
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Creativity Takes Courage & It Needs Oxygen
"Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say no." ~ Madonna Ciccone I was halfway across the moonlit pool on a predawn morning in July of 2015 when the knowing landed fully intact, with a nuclear aftershock: In order for me to do what is calling to my heart, I have to sell my business. I folded my legs ...
Reclaiming Your Power: Making Art & Agency
"The process of making art is the process of becoming a person with agency, with independent thought, a producer of meaning rather than a consumer of meanings that may be at odds with your soul, your destiny, your humanity...." ~ Rebecca Solnit The process of making art is a process of reclaiming your power. Every year around this time I ...
Igniting Your Inner Rebel
"To rebel is to truly own your own self." ~ Dhani Harrison "Where did I find the courage to rebel, change my life, live alone? I don't want to over-estimate all this, but damn it, I love that nine-year-old, whoever in hell he was. Without him, I could not have survived…." ~ Ray Bradbury When Ray Bradbury was in the fourth grade, Buck Rogers ...
