Join the Underground Art Initiative
Hoping that you’re all having a wonderful holiday season. I’ve had two weeks off from teaching, which has launched me into major creative mode, and I”m loving every minute of it. I’ve also been taking a lot of time to reflect and plan on what I want to create and share with you in 2014, […]
How to live a Creative life with Shana Lafore
Shana Lafore and I sat down to chat about creativity, her creative process, and how she has based all of her business moves around a few core principles. Leave a comment below sharing what your core desired feelings are, that help to drive all of your decisions. Over the past […]
It’s time to start
It’s time to start Yesterday, my husband and I spent some time hanging out with my brother and his wife. Ashely,( my brother) is an elementary gym teacher, with a wonderful imagination. He loves making up games and stories to entertain and inspire his students, and of course they love every minute of it. He […]
Problems are solved with questions
Good ideas, new ideas come from questions. The challenge is know ing what questions to ask, or asking enough questions. I’ve decided to start a weekly series of questions… I have lot of them. If one resonates with you, take it, run with it, play it, reword it, turn it upside down and then back […]
Change your life and your mind.
You’re thinking that it would be great to take Changing Minds, but you don’t have time right now, you’re too busy. I want to challenge yoku to push that aside and sign up anyway. In Changing Minds you’ll learn how to ask the right questions, keep a steady flow of ideas and in turn save […]
Why you need to be uncomfortable.
I spend my day teaching art to teenagers and one of the biggest misconceptions that we need to overcome is the meaning of art and creativity. Commonly students don’t think that they’re creative and at the same time believe that everything is art, and if something isn’t working , just say that’s it’s abstract. It’s […]
Are you asking the wrong questions
You look at the people around you, more importantly you compare yourself them. You feel like they always have more ideas, better ideas, and create better work. Products seem to be flying out of their etsy shop , they do amazing sales at craft shows, and their work has a clear voice and vision running […]
Little C vs Big C and why there should be one in the middle
I spend a lot of time talking to people about creativity. Often people don’t know what it is exactly, why it matters, and they don’t believe that they’re creative at all. You have a good idea what creativity is, believe that it’s important and have a strong desire to be more creative. Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi discusses […]
Fast and easy tips to have more ideas, now
You want to be more creative. You want ideas to flow freely and easily, and you want to feel like your ideas are connected instead of all over the place. Choose one or two of the tips below, print them out, hang them in your space, or pin them on pinterest, then go and claim […]
We got it wrong
We got it wrong when we said that there was one right answer We got it wrong when we said these are the rules that you have to follow don’t ask questions don’t color outside of the lines Hold your pencil this way We got it wrong when we tried to make everyone the same […]