Life through the creative lens
This insightful post about the Inner Critic was written by guest author Sue Macrae. The original appeared on her blog where she shared her journey. I've reprinted here with her permission. I’m gearing up to undertake the National November Novel Writing (NaNoWriMo) challenge. That has me thinking of the specter I will deal with as… Continue reading Moving Past the Inner Critic
I came across something this past week that reminded of an Aha I had while viewing the Matisse exhibit a few years back. I can't compare my rough drafts with someone else's finished masterpiece. Yet I fall victim to this all the time and people in my workshops often do the same thing. We're too… Continue reading Don’t Compare
Experimenting with a different kind of drawing. Or is it painting?
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear. -- Anon A radical shift In our culture, shifting the focus to look for what's strong in our creative work can be a radical idea because we're taught early to find what's wrong and fix it. A few years ago I trained in… Continue reading Focus on what works
Creative expression isn't about being an original. It's about seeing things in a new way by building on our creative 'ancestors'. I'm not sure anyone starts from nothing. Ideas have family trees.