Someone in my Creative Sandbox community mentioned the other day that she’s working on a professional certification in her field as a creative pro, and it’s eating up a lot of her time. The work is fun, and it’s certainly creative, so does it count as sandbox time as well as homework for her certification? I mean, there are no rules in the Creative Sandbox, right?
Well, yes and no. [Read more…]
Yesterday I hosted a free class, Born to Create: Why Your Creative Play Is ESSENTIAL, Not Self-Indulgent, and the participants loved it so much, I decided to share it on the podcast!
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Do your practice projects have way more energy and spontaneity than your “finished” work? Do you choke when you move away from the exploratory phase, so you rarely actually finish something? If so, this episode, in which I answer a listener question, is for you!
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I don’t know about you, but my creative process goes something like this:
1. Ack! I’m stuck! I can’t possibly do this, and don’t even know where to start!
2. Okay, I’m doing something, but geez, it really sucks…
3. Hmmm… This is kinda fun! And I kinda like it!
4. Yeah, baby, I’m in a GROOVE!
5. Ummm, I don’t want to admit it, but [Read more…]
Yes, I am going to share a new painting with you, along with process pics of its creation. Before I do that, though, some background…
A few years ago I created a short painting e-course, my Playshop-in-a-Box, with about an hour’s worth of video tutorials (and yes, it’s still available — click here to read more about it). Since then I’ve expanded my artistic repertoire, and there’s so much more I’d love to share.
For a long time I’ve been dreaming of creating a more involved course that participants could really sink their teeth into. Perhaps an online version of the course I’ve been contracted to teach at The Passionate Pen, the international calligraphy conference happening in Sonoma, California, next July: Dancing With Chaos: The Art of Improvisation. [Read more…]
