I was just recently talking to a client that was describing a scenario between her and another artist friend of hers. My client was dealing with an absolute creative block at the moment and her friend came to her complaining because she had TOO MANY ideas. You can imagine my client’s upset which sounded a [...]
One of the things that many of my clients seem to struggle with is defining their personal artistic “style” or “voice”. Frequently this is with newer Artists but it is certainly not limited to those with less experience. It is also often a source of frustration with artists who have been working on their art [...]
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” ~ Albert Einstein I was being playful today. As I was enjoying the moments of fun and happiness that went along with the playfulness, it occurred to me that I am often very playful. I also realized that I am often at my most creative when I am allowing myself [...]
Throughout the past couple of months I have been going through a large old storage unit with all of my family’s belongings. It has been sitting there for 8 years. I have no other immediate family and there are no other children or grandchildren so I am the end of the line. I had avoided [...]
I have been working on mastering quitting for years. I am really proud of my progress. Quitting is so undervalued. It is looked down upon, sneered at … I mean we all know that: Only Losers Quit. I however, have discovered that quitting is SOMETIMES exactly what I need to do to move forward, to [...]
OK, so I am weird. I have always been weird. It wasn’t a learned thing … it is just that, as Jessica Rabbit said in the movie Roger Rabbit, “… I was drawn that way”. My o-so-very-concerned parents spent their lives trying to un-weird me. As a matter of a fact many people along the [...]
