The Soulful Artist

Life. Art. Transcendence.

Day 21 of My 30 Days of Creativity Challenge. How far would you go for someone you love? You’d go pretty far, yes? But what about if that someone was yourself? Would you still go as far? Working on Valentine’s cards and it made me think … There was a time in my life where …

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Day 20 of My 30 Day Creativity Challenge … I didn’t really create anything new today. Well, I take that back … I spent some time today working on some paintings and cards I already had. Playing, adding layers, enjoying myself. My paintings are a lot like me. I’m the same, yet I’m different. I …

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Day 19 of My 30 Day Creativity Challenge. Have you ever been so engrossed in something, or distracted while doing something that you totally miss the entire experience? I mean, you’re just not there, not present. In the past, it’s happened to me more times than I care to admit. There but not there. I …

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Day 18 of my 30 Days of Creativity Challenge. Spent time in my little creative nest today … painting, singing, playing, lost in my own world. Small things. Life is in the small things. The things that you discount, that you think don’t matter. We like big things because they make an impact, but little …

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Day 17 of My 30 Days of Creativity Challenge. Making art can be hard especially if your goal is perfection. This is an impossible goal to have as there will always be something to improve. Something will always look a little off, you’ll wish you used a different color or a different brush. Always something. …

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Day 16 of My 30 Days of Creativity Challenge. I know that before you clicked this post, you did a double take because you wondered what the heck I just posted. I hope that upon reading my caption, that you let out a little snicker, shaking your head thinking about just how crazy funny I …

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Day 15 of My 30 Days of Creativity Challenge. This past year has allowed me to slow down, see what’s important, and who is important. I’ve spent a lot of time with my daughter this past year, not that I didn’t before because we do almost everything together. For those of you that don’t know, …

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Day 14 of my 30 Days of Creativity Challenge. It’s 2300 and I’m at work, on my lunch break. I know, it’s late. I had a long night last night and all I wanted to do when I got home was to sleep. If you have ever been in healthcare and have worked any hours …

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Day 13 of my 30 Days of Creativity Challenge. I Am an Artist. Up until now, there were times I found it challenging to call myself “an artist.” I felt like that there was so much to live up to when you call yourself that: having talent, producing a “product,” revealing parts of yourself that …

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Day 12 of my 30 Days of Creativity Challenge. Too many times I’ve looked at my work, admiring with a happy heart, only to feel a bit of questioning, wondering if what I’ve created is “good enough.” It’s fleeting, lasting only a moment, but that moment of doubt is a disservice to my creation. What …

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