Keeping your “good” paper in a drawer until you’re “good enough”? Cut it out! Just start. #stopmotion #animation #creativesandbox #paper #creativity
Snapshot from My Studio: August 26, 2015 at 10:07AM
Started this piece weeks ago. Finally screwed up the… courage?.. to TRY SOMETHING ELSE on it. Sometimes one new mark is what enables a stream of new ones. #creativesandbox #originalart #abstract #experiment #wip #mixedmedia #woodpanel #workinprogress
Snapshot from My Studio: August 26, 2015 at 10:05AM
#experiment: watercolor on a CD. Why not? #creativesandbox #originalart #wip
Snapshot from My Studio: August 26, 2015 at 10:04AM
A few minutes of painting before bed last night–#watercolor on top of #watercolorground on top of countless previous layers. #originalart #creativesandbox #wip #mixedmedia #abstract
LCN 018: How to Get Unstuck (and How to Unsuck)

In one of my recent free Q&A calls, Talia asked, “What can an artist do to become unblocked?” and I went on a bender. Using my 10 Rules for the Creative Sandbox as a basic outline, I riffed for several minutes straight.
Then Talia shared the particulars of her block (hint: she’s an actress who’s turned to writing as a brilliant tactic to deal with the lack of control over whether she gets cast or not), which launched another riff on my own sad story of stuckness, how I got back to creating, and the only foolproof way to unsuck.
This episode is the result. [Read more…]



