A lack of self-trust could be the precursor to fear that keep us from doing our good work in the world. “I think you have to decide whether acceptance or uniqueness is a higher valuefor you….I spent so much of my life wanting to be accepted. And in that acceptance,I always felt I had to…
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Getting What We Want
Humans aren’t mind readers. Sometimes getting what we want is as easy as asking for it. “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.You must ask for what you really want.”ย ~ Rumi I arrived at a hotel near the Atlanta airport yesterday afternoon. During the check-in process, the hotel…
Learning How To Trust Ourselves
It is a risk, but learning how to trust ourselves is paramount to the creative process. “But hereโs the thing: I have no interest in making reels and pointing to wordstyped on a screen, in learning animation solely for the purpose of creating movementin my art so that I will get more views. I have…
How to Get on a Creative Hot Streak
Sometimes it can feel impossible to get on a creative hot streak. If only there was a way to trick ourselves into one! “…these results suggest that neither exploration nor exploitation alone is associatedwith the hot streak dynamics; rather, it is the shift from exploration to exploitation thatclosely traces the onset of a hot streak….[E]xploration…increases…
Permission To Be A Beginner
We all need permission to be a beginner. “It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourselfpermission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist,you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time,a very good one.” ~ Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way I began Nicholas…
What to Do When We Are Stuck
When we are stuck, it’s easy to become consumed with getting unstuck. But maybe that’s not the right way to go about getting unstuck. “If we stay where we are, where we’re stuck, where we’re comfortable and safe, we die there….When nothing new can get in, that’s death. When oxygen can’t find a way in,you…