Creativity Thaw
Winter brings a coldness that is meant to allow things to prepare for the spring, for new beginnings. It is the cycle of life. It is also the cycle of creativity: the deep sleep that creativity sometimes falls into, often when we least want it to, is an essential part of the process. We need […]
Part of the Process
One thing that I always come back to when stuck is the notion that there really is no stuck. This “stuck” or “creative block” is in a sense a figment of our imagination. We feel stuck, think stuck, but is it really stuck? Feeling stuck is so common for creatives, and frustrating too. It is easy […]
Showing Up
Recently when I put the question out there “what gets in your way of creating?” One of the responses was “life”. This isn’t the first time I have heard of life getting in the way. To feel so overwhelmed by all that is going on in life that to take the time to […]
What’s Your Story?
How many times have you found yourself stuck in the same story line? Telling yourself I can’t, I don’t’ know how, I won’t? We can easily get sucked into believing these “stories” we tell ourselves and find ourselves creating less and less. Eventually putting our creative endeavors off indefinitely. The more we do this […]
Circle of Art
Today and every Friday, I invite you to join me in creating a response to the quotes I post, using the arts: visual arts, photography, music or song, dance (video please!) prose or poetry, it’s your choice. “Failure is a greater teacher than success” ~Clarissa Pinkola Estés Why so afraid to fail? judgement from […]
Getting to your Creativity
Believe it or not, I have often grappled with my own creative demons more than I care to admit. I realize that it may be easy for you, dear reader to assume that because I write about finding and nurturing one’s creative side that I have myself surpassed or completely tamed these struggles. But […]
3 Things to Know About Creative Blocks
Here we are, almost 2 weeks into the New Year and some of you may be finding yourself feeling stuck. Perhaps you have put pressure on yourself to make changes for the new year RIGHT NOW. Perhaps you are feeling excited and apprehensive at the same time, wanting old habits to subside quickly. […]