The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 12 We don’t always set out to create something as a legacy or for eternal meaning. Creating comes out of who we are on a daily basis, even when we’re not aware of it. What can happen though is this—you create,make or design something and release it to […]
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 9 Collaborating With Ideas. Ideas come from all sorts of places. Songs. Conversation. Billboards. Books. Gardens. Pinterest. I’ve driven along in my car with the radio off and something has dropped into my head. The excitement rises. I can’t wait until I can pull over and scribble it […]
The One Hundred Creative Challenge: Day 8 Each one of us has a unique story to share with the world. A story that is told through our creativity. Whether it’s writing, painting, decorating, styling, fashion, singing, playing an instrument, teaching — anything that springs from our unique perspective. We are designed to be creative. […]
Everyone is creative in some way, shape or form. Some of us make things. Some of us think differently. Some of us make people laugh. Some of us can pull things apart and out them back together. What is it that drives this creativity and why do we have it? I love that my […]
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 4 Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert is the latest book on creativity I’ve studied. There’s something about her down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is style that is refreshing. It’s not an artsy-fartsy, pie-in-the-sky book that leaves you feeling inadequate or squashed by the weight of the pressure to be creative. To […]
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 3 It’s not too late. Today I’m writing a blog about my Indie publishing journey and the integration of art and craft in living a creative life. That’s my challenge today —articulating a process that’s taken several years. Creative living doesn’t mean we have to make a career […]
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 2 We all love something new. New makes me think of something fresh. Something shiny. Something exciting. When it comes to creative expression or inspiration, trying something new or approaching something with a fresh approach often sparks something new within us. Something that causes us to glow […]
Dear Brené, Well, we’ve made it to the end of Rising Strong. When I embarked on the adventure of an online book club with Amanda and Jodie, I didn’t realise how exposed we’d all feel by the process. Amanda, Jodie and I have something in common—if we do something, we do it wholeheartedly. Maybe that’s […]
Dear Brené, As I’ve rumbled with shame, identity, criticism and nostalgia I see that I’ve cut off parts of my true self, silenced parts. In being the name of being tough and strong and resilient I’ve created emotional orphans. If you’re not living wholeheartedly you forget how to really be yourself. Being vulnerable and recognizing that I […]
