It’s New Year’s in July! You know – Resolutions, new habits, turning over a new leaf. I have a trick up my sleeve! In July – REALLY Virginia? OK, I know it’s the wrong time of year for that sort of thing! But stick with me here because strange things happen when you turn an …
…and the I-5 Have you ever thought about your creative process? Or are you looking at me like a deer in headlights? What’s a creative process? I don’t have one! I can’t even find the time to get in there and create anything let alone have a “process!” OK, Fair point! I hear you. Creative …
“If You Don’t Create, You Disintegrate.” I heard this in a meeting recently and I absolutely fell out. I loved it! I told the person who said it that I was stealing it FOR SURE! He said, “Go for it,” and explained that he had stolen it too! So, for those out there who want …
And what to do about it. Why do I procrastinate? I know it’s not a good thing, but I do it anyway. And the worst part is – I KNOW when I’m doing it. Have you ever said that to yourself? How’s that for a big “oh dear!” So first, let me make you feel …
What do yoga and creativity have in common? By most accounts, you would look at both and say – nothing. One is a form of exercise, a peaceful one but not all that easy to do. The other is a way of thinking, a means of making something, or a type of mindset. Well, I’d …
I’m bent over my worktable, feeling the slick smoothness of Golden’s Heavy Body acrylic paint sliding under my palette knife. Occasionally I feel the roughness of the canvas and scrape a bit against it to form a valley. There is a faint smell of paint in the air, but I’m even more swept up in …
5 Things You Need to Know I know what you’re thinking. Is this some woo-woo, fluffy, mantras in the mirror type thing? That’s a big NO! (insert belly laugh here) Definitely not! If you don’t like the word ritual, use the word routine…although that word sometimes scares the heck out of a creative as well. …
Not an Identity What to do when -it- goes wrong! So, what do you say to yourself if you try a drawing exercise, or some sort of creative project and it doesn’t work out well or seems confusing or flat out impossible in the moment? What do you say? What goes through your mind when …
is a Decision! Have you ever thought about success, and what it is exactly? I’m sure you have because you have wonderful creative dreams and things you want to do! So, part of your definition might include being able to do all those beautiful things. And that’s how it is. We generally define success as …
The Power of the Debrief. So, have you ever heard a word and wondered what does that have to do with me? I did and still do sometimes. Navigating through one more concept from my three-day conference several weeks ago, I’m going to unravel this phrase: The power is in the “debrief.” HUH? OK, before …
