Spark Creativity

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Sh*ty First Draft

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Sh*ty First Draft

The other day I finally figured out how to make an Instagram Reel with multiple frames and different words that came and went! I have been wanting to figure that out for ages. What a little accomplishment. However, my little accomplishment was slowly being overshadowed by my perfectionist voice wanting it to be “just so” before putting it out there.

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What Were the Moments?

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What Were the Moments?

I watched his energy shift as he realized feeling good didn’t have to be on the other side of something that seemed impossible to achieve. I watched this question spark his creativity as he thought about different ways he could make his art that didn’t require the same kind of space.

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Under Pressure

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There is this very common belief that if you try to make money doing something creative, you will kill your love for it. Although it doesn’t have to be true, I think it is a common belief for a very legitimate reason. And this is the same reason behind any experience any of us have when we start out enjoying something and end up resenting it or avoiding it.

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Is It Time to Play Yet?

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Is It Time to Play Yet?

It was mid-afternoon. Prime work time. I’ve been banging away on my laptop getting stuff done, but out the corner of my eyes, I have been watching big fluffy white flakes falling from the sky for a while. I felt my inner child getting antsy, squirming in her seat, desperately wanting to run outside.


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Is Following Your Heart Impractical?

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Is Following Your Heart Impractical?

…At one point he remarked that he usually doesn’t get along with artists because they just want to do whatever they want to do and he always wants to bring them back to the numbers. Sadly, somehow, this seems to be the general perception that society has of creatives and artists. That we just “follow our hearts” and do whatever we want. That we are impractical…