Being cut off from your creativity can feel like you’re an outsider in your own body. “If you’ve ever had that feeling of loneliness, of being an outsider, it never quite leaves you. You can be happy or successful or whatever, but that thing still stays within you.” ~ Tim Burton I grew up in Highlands,…
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The Tyranny of Perfectionism
If you’re feeling stuck in your work, it could be the tyranny of perfectionism. “Nothing can be beautiful that does not take a calculated risk with ugliness.” ~ Alain de Botton “I can’t do it,” my client, Carrie said. “I mean I literally cannot even get started. The woman who routinely cranks out all kinds of…
The Map of Us
Everything we are is already in us, making up the map of us. “I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven,and I will look down on my beautiful life.” ~Yayoi Kusama A major exhibition of Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, is on view at the NY Botanical…
Judgment and Journals
Judgment is the enemy of creativity. How do we manage judgment to let creativity flourish? “To keep a journal is to learn how to play. Deeply. Even when a page is recording hard, impossible things, if judgment is suspended, there’s always a surprise or shift. Connections made over time suddenly link, opening and transforming.” ~ Alexandra Johnson…
The Key to Branding
Everyone wants to know what the key to branding is, as it’s foundational to our identity as creators. “I walked alongside the wildflowers and remembered who I am.” ~ Susie deVille I have begun to lay the brick for the next phase of my journey as an author, speaker, and entrepreneur coach. I’m being careful with…
How to Go All In
What makes you feel like you can’t go all in? What holds you back? “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” ~ Vincent Van Gogh After nearly fifteen months on the mountaintop, cut off from traveling and experiencing the world of art, I broke free yesterday and drove to Atlanta to the Van…
