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The danger of setting limits on what you create
The Prospectus I printed out for a Fine Art Juried Exhibition, invited artists to submit pieces to a show featuring original works by some of Pennsylvania’s most talented artists. The guidelines for...
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Find your true creative self with a 25¢ notebook
I want you to be your true creative self. It is okay to be you. To “be.” We are taught in school to imitate, copy, fit in and not be different. We are taught to follow the rules and to obey. Find your...
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Say, “This is me.” Love who you are now.
You may not be a bearded woman, but you may feel like you don’t belong, that there is no place for you. Someone might have said unkind words to you; you might feel like you won’t be accepted for who...
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Stop asking for permission and say yes to being you
May I, may I, may I? Asking someone for permission gives them the power to decide if what you want to do will be allowed or permitted. Say yes to yourself. Stop asking for permission. Don’t give away...
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What is the number one enemy of creativity?
What is the number one enemy of creativity? There are many enemies in the battle to create: good sense, fear, comparison, resistance… The enemy that matters the most is the one you fight in your...
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Why you need to create a creative habit
Last year on February 20th, I took my measurements and my weight and drew a picture of myself. I wrote down the date a year later, with a question mark. I wondered what I would look like then. My goal...
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My Fathers Jacket
My fathers jacket is made of Moose hide, and beaded by Indians. My step-mother gave his leather coat to me when he died. It wasn’t listed in the will. She could have legally kept the coat. He wore...
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What is the perfect way to stop a woman from creating?
Have you cleaned your whole house before you sat down to create? Hard to concentrate when there are dishes in the sink? You want to create, but there is not enough time in the day. You might find a few...
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Fight Resistance and Create – The Artist’s Manifesto
Have you ever hesitated to create something because you were afraid of what someone might think? Our art suffers when we care about the approval of others. “The eyes of others our prisons; their...
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Today she decided to love herself
At the end of my session with my therapist, I pulled up my shirt and showed her the large circle I had drawn on my stomach with a permanent marker. In the center of the circle, I had drawn a large X....
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Find your true creative self with a 25¢ notebook
I want you to be your true creative self. It is okay to be you. To “be.” We are taught in school to imitate, copy, fit in and not be different. We are taught to follow the rules and to obey. Find your...
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Say, “This is me.” Love who you are now.
You may not be a bearded woman, but you may feel like you don’t belong, that there is no place for you. Someone might have said unkind words to you; you might feel like you won’t be accepted for who...
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Stop asking for permission and say yes to being you
May I, may I, may I? Asking someone for permission gives them the power to decide if what you want to do will be allowed or permitted. Say yes to yourself. Stop asking for permission. Don’t give away...
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What is the number one enemy of creativity?
What is the number one enemy of creativity? There are many enemies in the battle to create: good sense, fear, comparison, resistance… The enemy that matters the most is the one you fight in your...
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Why you need to create a creative habit
Last year on February 20th, I took my measurements and my weight and drew a picture of myself. I wrote down the date a year later, with a question mark. I wondered what I would look like then. My goal...
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What is the perfect way to stop a woman from creating?
Have you cleaned your whole house before you sat down to create? Hard to concentrate when there are dishes in the sink? You want to create, but there is not enough time in the day. You might find a few...
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Fight Resistance and Create – The Artist’s Manifesto
Have you ever hesitated to create something because you were afraid of what someone might think? Our art suffers when we care about the approval of others. “The eyes of others our prisons; their...
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Today she decided to love herself
At the end of my session with my therapist, I pulled up my shirt and showed her the large circle I had drawn on my stomach with a permanent marker. In the center of the circle, I had drawn a large X....
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Do you think you can draw?
Just curious. Do you think you can draw? Using the definition of the word draw as a verb. draw: produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks, especially with a pen or pencil, on paper....
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You are enough
A little drawing of a girl to remind you — you are enough, as you are. With green skin and stick legs, and someone forgot to draw your ears. And you have three fingers and no knees. If I had only one...
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