Creating in a Hostile Environment

Creating in a Hostile Environment

Creating in a Hostile Environment It’s a hostile environment for creative and performing artists nowadays. Not only do artists have two lives to support – the parallel artist’s life along with the regular one – but there’s generally little encouragement for that...
You Wanna Be Creative – When Life Has Other Plans

You Wanna Be Creative – When Life Has Other Plans

You Wanna Be Creative – When Life Has Other Plans You Wanna Be Creative.* What stands between you and your creative expression? The view to the other sideImage by javier alamo from Pixabay We can get frustrated when we’re not hitting our creative goals. The...
Take Back Your Energy with a Question

Take Back Your Energy with a Question

Take Back Your Energy with a Question You know that feeling when you are powering away on a creative project and then notice that you’ve stopped, seemingly against your will? It’s as though all the energy that was streaming through you just dissipated. Why does...
Do You Help Yourself?

Do You Help Yourself?

Do You Help Yourself? Ellen As an eight-year-old, she had a full-out meltdown. Right in the middle of the studio, she collapsed on the floor, sobbing at her inability to execute the new move the ballet teacher had just demonstrated to the class. To her amazement, what...
Use Your Words Your Way

Use Your Words Your Way

Use Your Words Your Way It’s okay to be you.Image by Thắng-Nhật Trần from Pixabay What I love about all the reading and editing and critical thinking that I get to do is the rich variety of styles and subject matter I encounter. The more kinds of writing I read,...