A couple of weeks ago I went to a talk and reading by much-loved author Pam Houston and then took her writing workshop the next day. I came away inspired, with her latest memoir, Deep Creek, under my arm, and new tools to use and teach, but I was also troubled. Houston is an engaging […] Continue Reading
Creative Sparks
Real tools and firelight for artists and dreamers to create inspired lives
How to Measure Success as an Artist
How you measure success as an artist affects your creativity, health, happiness and more. I look at how I measure success, how the culture measures success, external and internal measures of success and how you can increase your own success as an artist. Continue Reading
Why We Need to Make Art Now (More Than Ever)
When we make art, we aren’t destroying. We are uniting, rather than dividing. When we create, we find and build connections between things, instead of separation. We knit pieces of the world together. We hold up the beauty, magic and magnificence of the world, so that we all can awaken from the trance of not […] Continue Reading
2019 My Year In Review
This is my 2019 Year in Review. I encourage you to do your own. This is a good time of year to pause and reflect. When we take time to harvest the outgoing year, we help pave the way for a heart-centered, soul-aligned year to come. Make note of the highlights of the year, the […] Continue Reading
New Avenues for Income as an Artist
This is part II of the series on Making a Living as an Artist, in which I share my trials and tribulations and triumphs on the road. If you missed part I, you can read it here. (That’s my desk in the photo.) I’ve been working for the past few years to put my art […] Continue Reading
Making a Living as an Artist, Part I
This is part I in a series on Making a Living as an Artist. In which I explore what it means to be an artist-entrepreneur and what my own stumbling blocks are with that. Continue Reading
The Great Mistake That Keeps You From Your Dreams
One of the greatest mistakes artists and dreamers make that keeps us from following our dreams is all or nothing thinking. We tell ourselves: “I have to leave my family, quit my job, move to another part of the country” or take other radical actions in order to pursue our heart’s desire. This stops most […] Continue Reading
Are Artists Born or Made?
The great creativity debate: Everyone is creative. Creativity is reserved for the special few. Which is it? And what does it mean for us?
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Getting Unstuck
How To Free Yourself to Create the Life (and World) Your Heart Dreams Of — A completely FREE, interactive webinar If… You want more from life, more fulfillment, passion, creativity, connection, joy. You keep pushing it down, putting it off, second-guessing yourself or just ignoring it as best you can. You don’t know how to […] Continue Reading
On Shattered Dreams and Keeping On
I write to you often about following the dreams and desires of your heart and soul. I want you to know that I know how painful and hard
that can be. I know that what I am asking of you is no small thing.
I know about failure and loss, shattered dreams and disappointment. I also know the path is full of growth and grace. Continue Reading
