By remembering our future, the goals we have, we can better stay the course when things get hard. “You can’t believe in yourselfwithout believing in possibility,and you can’t believe in possibilitywithout believing in yourself.”~ Dr. Joe Dispenza I walked across the wood floor in the well-lit studio and stood in front of the photographer and videographer….
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Creative Promiscuity
Could creative promiscuity be the key to combating stuckness? “It’s critical for me to have at least two projects going on at once so I can flip between them when I get bored or need a break. Inevitably, the one that I’m not supposed to be working on will be more appealing to me. For…
The Precursor to Fear
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…
Learning How To Trust Ourselves
It is a risk, but learning how to trust ourselves is paramount to the creative process. “But here’s 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…
