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Staying creative amidst instability: 5 tested actions
Is disruption and instability in life making it hard to keep up your creative practice? Here are 5 tips to cultivate creativity, and free journal prompts to support you to take action.
Fear of failure holding you back?
Is your attention to whether or not you have failed (or might fail) distracting you from getting on with what you actually want and need to do? Here are some reflections and free action prompts to support you to embrace failure as feedback to live life fully and creatively.
Waiting for the right conditions before changing?
Are you waiting for conditions to change before you take action towards that big - or little! - goal you dream of reaching? So much of life is: ‘we make plans and life happens’. But why wait until everything is ‘just right’ to get started? Here are some free action prompts to support you to keep moving.
What do you need right now?
So many of us have been conditioned to postpone our own needs in order to earn a place in society. Our bodies, culture and relationships can reproduce the dynamics that disconnect us from ourselves and each other. And so, the simple question, “what do you need right now?” can be a beautiful starting point to reconnect, when done relationally.
Facing uncertainty? 5 tips for a healthy transition
Are you going through any changes right now? Is the change wanted or unwanted? How have you navigated the disruption? Through my own experience of navigating disruptive change, I have found 5 tips for making a healthy transition (plus a bonus tip).
Wet Palette Magic: Unleashing the Power of Acrylic Paints
Do you want to extend the life of your acrylic paint? Whether you're a seasoned artist or just starting out, a wet palette can be a game-changer when it comes to acrylic paint. I created this step-by-step guide to help you easily make your own wet palette.
The novelty of home
A brief and visual update on my first return to Australia in 5 years. While the changes have disrupted my creative practice and grounding, being able to re/connect with place, family, friends and nature here is providing a path to open new creative paths.
This constraint inspired me
Obstacles are often invitations to something bigger or new. In this blog post, I share how one obstacle - not having the space required to paint big - became an invitation to create a new artwork, differently. I am in love with this painting and despite my space constraints, it is the largest I’ve made.
Australian First Nations artists inspiring me
Being the week it is in Australia, I'd love to highlight a handful of the many, many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists inspiring me. 10 is too short a list! In no particular order.
Pls share any First Nation artists you love in the comments!
VoyageDenver 2022 Interview
Sarah Miller from VoyageDenver recently reached out to me for a feature interview. Her team have been interviewing entrepreneurs, creatives and community leaders for VoyageDenver's Inspiring Stories series.
I'm grateful for the chance to talk about my backstory for how I got to where I am today, including the way I see my art and health research practice as intertwined, and more about my art. I hope you enjoy the article.
How I created the intuitive painting, “You gave me the world”
I often get asked what my process involves, especially for my intuitive paintings where I don’t exactly know what will come of the work. With “You gave me the world” being published in the beautiful La Raíz Magazine’s 2022 issue, I thought I’d share how this painting came to be. There are lots of layers to this one!
Creating Healthy Communities convening, 11 October 2022: Day 2
A collection of Day 2 tweets under the conference handle #2022CHCConvening and #CHC2022
Creating Healthy Communities convening, 10 October 2022: Day 1
A collection of Day 1 tweets under the conference handle #2022CHCConvening and #CHC202
Why make art when the world is backwards and upside down?
This blog post dives into the critical role I see that art plays for addressing the challenges of today. In this blog post I also offer two free activities to support you to apply what is being discussed, to benefit your own life.
The intuitive process that created “My Companion”
In this blog post, I share the creative process I followed to create the horse that became “My Companion”. Art has an important role in accompanying and reimagining the world’s critical moment.
Shoutout Colorado 2022 Interview
I just had an interview with Nick Ramirez at Shoutout Colorado. I'm grateful for the chance to talk a little bit about my story and the role of risk in my life and career. I hope you enjoy the article and perhaps find encouragement to take that risk you feel calling you.