Seems that everywhere you look today, the only thing people are talking about is results. Lose 10 pounds (or 100). Earn $3,000 a week. Decorate your home like a professional (a professional what I wonder?). Results are important, yes. No one wants to spend all week knitting and at the end, have nothing to show …
creativity
Best-Laid Plans
One habit that I am trying to embrace is planning my photo shoots. It’s nice to have some idea of where I’m going and at what time, but even that doesn’t always work out. Shit still happens, and sometimes I get sidetracked by an unplanned hike – I can’t be the only person that happens …
Getting Out Of The Way
One of the biggest myths in creativity is writer’s block. There, I said it. I have never believed in some mysterious external force preventing someone from creating art of any kind. I don’t believe in any mysterious external force, especially one that causes or stops actions. But I do believe in the forces of nature. …
Creative Winter
If you’ve read my blog before, you know that I am of the firm opinion that creativity should be a part of everyday life. Creating things, to me, is life. I’m not here just to bust my ass as work, collect my paycheck, and spend the night dreading going back to work in the morning. …
Getting Organized
When most people think about organization, they think of the kind that requires tossing old gnarly-looking underwear or scraping dust bunnies and cat hair out from under the couch. And that kind of organization is important (even if you think those tighty whities still have plenty of wear in them). Getting organized actually creates more …
Seeking The Bear
I’m reasonably sure that everyone who comes to Alaska would like to see a bear. I love watching them. Bears are amazing, majestic, and fascinating creatures. I’m grateful that I have seen them as often as I have, and even more grateful that I will see them many more times in the future. The problem …
Fear of Change
Like 97% of the rest of humanity, I am afraid of change. By the way, I fabricated the 97% figure – I bet the actual percentage of human beings who are afraid of change is higher. The funny thing about a fear of change is that it doesn’t matter if the change is something wanted …
Change or Stay Stuck
I’ve been thinking a lot about change. Maybe it’s because we’re not too far past the season of making New Year’s Resolutions. Hell, since we’ve just passed the Lunar New Year, it’s a do-over for those who have already dropped the resolutions they made when they hung up the 2017 calendar. You can probably tell …
Create Just To Create
One thing I have run into repeatedly over my years of creativity: people asking when I’m going to DO SOMETHING with my work. It doesn’t matter if it’s been crochet, painting, writing, photography or sewing. The world has this weird idea that creative pursuits have no value unless you’re making money from them. The problem …
Working At Art
Making art can be a challenge. Tonight it would have been easy to stay comfortably seated at my kitchen table and eating my dinner. Making art meant having to get up, grab my cameras, put on shoes and a jacket and drive around town to the best place to see the sunset. Dinner will wait. …