Magic has fascinated me ever since I was a little girl. My favorite show was Bewitched and I would spend hours in front of the mirror trying to twitch my nose, just like she did. The show started a year before I was born, so I don’t ever remember a time without it. As I grew, so did my love…
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Creative Integrity
I listened to a podcast by Liz Gilbert and she said something that really struck me. Referring to integrity, she likened it to a plane, flying with a rip in its side. It will crash, she said, the plane’s compromised integrity makes it impossible to do what it was designed to do. What it was engineered to do. She likened…
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“The Muse”
What a loaded phrase! “The Muse”. Where do we find her? How do we encourage him to make an appearance? Who decided we needed a muse, anyway? I can definitely see how this idea is attractive. Who wouldn’t want to put the burden of creativity into the hands of some mythological entity – takes the pressure off me for sure,…
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Artist’s Date Ideas
Artist’s Date. Should I be doing them? Is there any actual benefit? Yes, and yes. I’ve been involved with The Artist’s Way for well over a decade and I go through the book every couple of years, either by myself or with a group. I really like the group thing, but it’s hard to find people who’ll commit to the…
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Vision Boards Using Trello
Are you using Trello? It’s such a useful platform. So many people are using it for so many different things, and there are myriad ways to use it and countless things to do with it. Recently, I started to use it to create vision boards. I love being able to access it from anywhere, any time. To be able to…
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