If you want to know how to be more creative, you have to learn how to surrender to your creativity. “One of the things you’ll hear people say, when they tell me they wish they could draw, is, ‘I see it in my head, but I can’t get it onto the page.’ And then I…
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Is Your Creative Goal Zapping Your Joy?
“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…
Creativity Takes Courage
Creativity takes courage and 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…
Reclaiming Your Power
“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…
Igniting Your Inner Rebel
What does your inner rebel say about you? “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…
The Line Itself Is Giving You an Idea
The line itself is giving you an idea. And I think that’s the part that people don’t remember or suspect about drawing. That drawing can go not just from your head to the page, but definitely from the page and up your hand and into your head.” ~ Lynda Barry Emily Dickinson was very particular…
