Overcoming Creative Resistance and Hurdles with Peggy Dean
This episode is going to give you life. Peggy Dean is such an inspiration! She is a natural cheerleader and her enthusiasm is infectious. In this episode Peggy Dean and I chat about how we can overcome creative resistance and hurdles. Peggy explains why your creative WHY matters and how this has a deep rooted effect on your creative practice. We also chat about why learning to do things like repairing your sewing machine and exploring other interests outside of your studio are important in helping grow your creativity and your confidence.
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Honor Your Creativity with Andrea Okeson
Andrea Okeson talks about the importance of honoring and protecting your creative time as you balance the various parts of life. Andrea also shares her journey of growing her practice in her journal, on big canvases and as a teacher with us. I love that Andrea views her art-making as an act of joyful rebellion.
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Keeping it Real with Tania Ahmed
I loved talking with Tania Ahmed. She has such a fantastic way of looking at our creative practice as a place to take risks and make mistakes. It was so inspiring hearing Tania explain how redefining what daily creating looks like can allow us to feel more successful in our creative practice. Tania is a Gelli plate whisperer and she has some exciting offerings that we chat about too.
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Using Challenges as a Creative tool with Karen Liz Hofius
I loved talking to Karen Liz about her love for Art Challenges. Karen shares how she uses challenges to build creative momentum, get herself out of a creative slump, or build creative confidence. There are some fabulous tips shared for those thinking about participating in upcoming challenges.
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Staying Creatively Engaged With Nicole Warrington
Talking to Nicole Warrington was so inspiring. Nicole shares the importance of using our own art as inspiration. Nicole also talks about the importance of limiting our supplies and choices, trying new techniques and styles, and being engaged in the creative process. There are so many nuggets of wisdom on growing your practice in this episode.
Making art should be easy. But let’s be honest: Art is messy. (Heck, life is messy!)
Together with me, Caylee Grey, we’ll explore what it REALLY means to be an artist. Practically. Warts and all. So that you can be an artist, today, now, even if you work a day job, have a million and one commitments, and own a cat that likes sitting on your art.
No more excuses. Okay? Okay.
Ireland