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If you caught my stories, you know that I’ve been creatively blocked - also evidenced from my absence in sharing. But now I have tons of ideas lined up and three paintings in the works. I have a lot to keep me going until suddenly I’m caught by the next block.
There’s no need to fear the block. You will always get through it so long as you remain devoted to your creative work. And that doesn’t mean always working it, but sometimes taking a break from it and getting some fresh air and fresh ideas. Because a creative block isn’t really missing out on creating like it sometimes feels like while we’re in it. It’s an inevitable part of the creative process, and it actually serves your creative growth.
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I know the feelings of frustration when you’re getting started and you want to have it figured out. It’s hard at the start. Focus on what you find fun, and at times the challenges won’t seem so hard. Let yourself play and explore, take classes, try out the mediums you’re pulled to, and each step will bring you closer. Keep making your art. It’s worth it.
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And it’s fucking scary to share when you get there, to the work that feels like yours. Because suddenly you’re very protective of it. You’re worried about what if someone steals or copies your art. Unfortunately, that’s part of life as a creative.
For anyone who doesn’t know, ALL creative work is protected by copyright. This shit really needs to be taught to everyone in school. Copying is not flattery. It’s stealing. If you want to share something another created, ask for permission first, and always, always, always give credit to the creator and link back to them.
If you didn’t already know, now you do. Don’t be the asshole who steals. Don’t.
Card pulled: Death. Yep, for the third time. Clearly, I was being asked to try something new, and it worked.
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I believe in the empowerment of all women. If you don’t believe in equality for all women - BIWOC, trans, disabled, non-Christian, or of a different socioeconomic status from yourself, and you aren’t willing to think differently and question your internalized systems of oppression, this isn’t the place for you.
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I started this because I had been focusing mostly on my illustrative art and wanted to make more space for fine art. I wanted to get what I got out of the last 100 Day Project - making a lot of art within a short period and with constraints to help improve my skills, find my style, and make good art I’m proud to sell.
By paintings 15 and 16, I really feel like I’m onto it. It happened so much quicker with my fine art than my illustrative style (which I still feel like I’m working on). That’s because all the progress I’ve made in my illustrative art translates into my fine art. I have a good handle on my colors, I know I like to make small, intricate marks, I know I like line work, especially in black. Bringing those elements in definitely helped.
I think it also helped to do the series of six similar flowers in different styles rather than doing a bunch of different compositions at the start. I may try something similar with my illustrations and lettering. But I also know what’s coming through in this project is going to help elevate my illustrations as well.
I don’t recall what card I pulled for this one (I’m documenting them now), but I remember it was one that felt like blooming and growth to me. It led me to choose to paint a fully open dahlia, focusing on its full bloom.
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Card pulled: Death
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Card pulled: Death
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Also, I hate that I’m so behind on sharing, because I can’t stand not sharing the latest ones I’m working on. I’m really happy with the last few I’ve been making.
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I’m a little behind on days due to the logistics at the start. Working on Day 14 and 15 today.
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So this is my day 1 of oil painting for the 100 Day Project, having not used oil paint since high school. It’s amateur and yet I learned a lot from this one. Each one after this is already turning out so much better.
So go and make your art, and don’t worry how it turns out, because the process of creating art that doesn’t go quite right is that you eventually get to the art that you do want to make.
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“That even as we grieved, we grew
That even as we hurt, we hoped”
- Amanda Gorman, National Youth Poet Laureate @amandascgorman
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And because I was really being called to ruminate on my words longer this year. These words came to me pretty quickly and easily, but I was asked to go deeper. I already value these words so much, so I was called to sit with what the next stage of embodying these words looks like. A mastery of sorts.
My theme for 2020 was REWILD (WOBs rooted, spirited, creatrix, bountiful, expansive). It was so good. It’s hard to top. Yet, I felt I wasn’t done with it while also seeing it was ready to transform. So, 2021 is the year of WILD. Sounds the same, and in some ways it is, but in many ways it’s something entirely different.
My supportive ways of being are sacred, intuitive, nourished, expressed, and devoted.
I am wild. I am connected to my truth, to Mother Earth, and the cycles and seasons.
I am sacred. I welcome the sacred and magic in everything.
I am intuitive. I let my intuition and pleasure guide me. I live from creative and feminine flow.
I am nourished. I am taken care of - mind, body, and soul. I am thriving.
I am expressed. I am fully expressed. I am devoted to my voice and artistic expression.
I am devoted. I let my life, my work, my art be an expression of who I am.
I’ll be sending out my full intentions to my email list. If you’d like to be part of that share, you can sign up for my weekly newsletter in my profile.
I’d love to hear your word or intention for the year below!
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What is tending the fire?
To tend the fire is to take care of your heart, to fan your passions and inner creative muse, to nurture the wild and wise woman within, to gather around with sisters across the world, to cultivate magic.
These weekly curated emails help you to tend your fire. Each week, receive journaling prompts, a tarot card pulled just for those on my email list, and a theme song to turn on and sink into your journaling or move your body. I’ve also added a seasonal community call. Each season around the solstices and equinoxes, we’ll gather virtually for ritual and connection.
I would love to share this magic with you too. If you feel called, you can sign up using the link in my profile.
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Today, we celebrate the longest night and returning of the light.
It’s a time for going inward and visioning and planning. What is it that you truly want in the upcoming year - not what you “should” do? Who do you need to be? Is there anything else that needs releasing to make way for this vision?
Burn and release what remains to go. Light a candle and hold a vision for what’s to come.
And of course, how can you connect to nature today?
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The bills. The to-dos. The holiday shopping. It quickly takes over.
This week, I recommitted to starting the day with my sacred practice. It’s great other times of day too, but I wanted to start my day with magic. And I start even before getting out of bed in the morning by asking for the day to be magical. Then I carry the intention through my day and ask myself how each task I approach can be more magical.
I’m breaking free from the ordinary in my work too. Breaking free from the idea that work has to happen behind the computer. And so, I’m sitting in the bath, sipping a cup of tea, candles flickering in the corner, writing this post.
It all gets to be magical. It all gets to be a ritual. Look at the things that make your life feel mediocre or mundane and ask yourself how you can make it more magical and pleasurable, how can you ritualize it.
If you need more help getting started, I’m happy to offer you my weekly magic email. A free email full of ritual - a note from me, a tarot card pulled just for those on my list, a set of journal prompts, and a theme song to put on and move your body or sink into your journaling.
Next week, I’m launching the first of the seasonal community calls for my email community. Sign up for my email list before Monday to receive your invite to join this free Winter Solstice circle. Follow the link in my profile to join.
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I’ve noticed over the years as a creator, that there’s a particular time these feelings tend to come up.
It’s when we are not engaged with creating what we want to see in the world that we feel not enough. And that feeling of not-enough-ness leads to us not creating in the first place. It’s a vicious cycle.
The next time you feel like you can’t do something because it’s already been done or you’re comparing yourself or your life to someone else, try channeling that energy into creating. Put your idea to paper. Share with someone. Start making the change you want to see in your life. Give it form in some way. Not only will it help you move through the feelings of inadequacy, but you also get to reap the beauty of your creation.
This is exactly what I did. I spoke my truth in a community I’m in. I shared it with friends and my coach. And it moved me into a much more empowered place. It built the excitement around creating more of what I want to see. One of these things is the YouTube channel I’ve been dreaming of starting. I can’t wait to share with you when it launches.
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Me or my company will never offer a Black Friday sale. I’m realizing though that I hardly talk about the ways to work with me. No more secret artist, coach, designer. So today, in lieu of a Black Friday sale, I’m talking about the ways I like to serve people and how you can work with me.
As a certified life coach, it’s my passion to help women free themselves from shoulds and reclaim their true selves and creative calling.
I’m also launching a group offering I’ll share more about soon. I love to serve women in community, and I believe it’s one of the most transformational opportunities for growth.
I love working with female entrepreneurs to create a heart-centered logo and brand design with an artistic touch.
As an illustrator, I’m working on a product line, and just posted my first print for sale. I’d love to help you add beauty and inspiration to your home and work space.
I also have a guided journal in the works I can’t wait to launch for those of you launching your self discovery journey.
If you’d like to hear more about any of these offers, send me a DM. I’d love to talk with you.
And don’t forget to unplug and take some time away from the phone or computer today. I get the allure of Black Friday sales, but do you really want to spend all day behind the computer? It’s okay if it’s an intentional part of your holiday shopping, but make sure it’s just that - intentional.
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This year, as we approach the holiday with only the four of us and as our daughter gets older, we’ve decided to do things differently. We’ve chosen to more intentionally decolonize the holiday. We will be spending time outdoors and honoring Mother Nature and the ancestors of the land we inhabit. I will cook because I love to, but we will be cooking differently. I always prioritize local and seasonal foods, and I will be putting that at the forefront rather than the typical turkey dinner. And we will begin to talk with our daughter about the real history behind this country and this holiday.
Every year, we have new opportunities. This year especially we have the opportunity to make our holidays ours instead of defaulting to what’s always been done. How do you truly want to spend this upcoming holiday? What are your values? What matters to you most? How can you reflect those in the way that you honor Thanksgiving? I’d encourage you to take some time in the coming days to also take a look at the December holidays and apply these same questions. This is your life. You get to choose. Wishing you a holiday season that feels like you, spent the way you want to spend it.
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A sacred gathering place for women who have never felt they belong.
Where you come to free yourself from the expectations of others.
Where you come home to your true self.
Where you come to reclaim your inner calling.
Where you come to create a life and work that feels like yours.
Here, we reclaim the lost arts. The art of being ourselves. The passions we’ve left behind when we were led down the conventional path. Our feminine power. Our connection to nature and seasonal and cyclical living. Our creativity. Our magic.
Welcome. Grab a mug of herbal tea or glass of rosé, take a seat on the fur throw, and circle around. You are welcome here as you are, as you uncover and honor your true essence. The part of you who’s never felt she belonged. The part of you they had you cover up. She’s welcome here.
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DM if you’d like a print of this to be made available for sale.
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• Over the years, I mostly make art once the kids are in bed. It’s how I wind down and ensure I can get into the creative zone without interruption.
• This year, I started adding 30 minutes to an hour at the end of my workday. It’s a nice transition and bonus at the end of the day.
• In the last couple of weeks, I have started making art during the teaching and training calls I have. You may not have calls like these, but I’m sure you have some pockets of time you can fit even 10 or 15 minutes of creating in. Maybe you watch tv at the end of the day, and you work on a project during that time instead of scrolling or playing games.
• Bonus: how can you make something you already do more creative? Try art journaling instead of regular journaling. Doodle when you take notes. Use colored pens instead of a black one. It might not be work on a creative project, but it can help you channel more of your creative energy.
And sometimes you’ll miss a session… or many. And that’s okay. Because when you give yourself permission to do what you love, you’ll come back to it again and again.
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Coming inside doesn’t mean we have to lose our connection to nature. We can still connect to nature inside by cooking and eating seasonal, real foods. Growing plants and herbs indoors. Building a fire in the fireplace. Honoring the seasonal changes and how our energy naturally matches the seasons.
Being in nature is magnificent, but it’s just as magical to bring nature into our homes and honor that we are a part of nature, whether we are out in it or not. We all have a little wild in us.
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How did you all fare through Mars retrograde? It messed me up more than any Mercury retrograde has.
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I felt torn between the need to fight for social justice and the desire to bring in the compassion that I feel is currently lacking. It felt hard to merge the two. I considered how my trauma or patriarchal conditioning might be showing up for me here.
Last night, I connected the dots.
All of our trauma is showing up right now. People are leading from fear. People are easily triggered right now. So the way to speak to them is in a trauma-informed way.
I’m so thankful to be currently enrolled in a trauma-informed coach training certification with @drkimberlyrosependleton. That connection showed me I can take the healing work and tools I’m learning in this training and also apply it to advocacy and leadership.
I hope I can build a bridge that allows me to reach the people who are hurting and fearful, so that some of the hate can begin to fall away and compassion can be welcomed in place of it.
As a coach, I help creative women heal their trauma and the trauma of the patriarchy that’s getting in the way of their full expression and creative calling. But it doesn’t have to end there. I get to use my trauma-informed approach as a leader and as an advocate. I get to help the world heal so that everyone has the right to fully express themselves.
I’m a work in progress. There is healing left to do - that work doesn’t end. I know I’ll fuck up as I work to get better, but I’m committing to becoming a trauma-informed leader.
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But also many tears of joy. Tears of joy that we have a new President Elect who will address the (very, very real) pandemic and many other issues our country faces. Who will be a real leader. Who will hopefully work to bring our country together instead of encouraging hate and division. May our country begin to heal under this new administration.
But the real joy here? That we have a Black and South Asian WOMAN in the White House for the first time. This is monumental. If you haven’t already taken a moment to celebrate this, take a moment to do so now. This is a celebration for everyone, regardless of your gender or political affil. This is good for our society. This is a historic moment for our country.
“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.” - Kamala Harris, Vice President Elect
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I’m holding a vision for a positive outcome. I’m choosing to stay hopefully. I’m tuning out anything that may make me doubt or worry. Cast your vote, speak up, then stand in the power of a positive vision.
At the same time, I’m releasing from the outcome of this election. It will be tough if the election goes in one way, but either way, we will keep fighting and doing the work.
I’m taking care of myself and my energy today. I’ve created an uplifting and empowering playlist to get me through the day. I’ll be staying in my body through dance and exercise. Spending time at my altar. Circling with women. And continuing to do my work, leading a movement that creates change for women. I may end the day with a hot bath. And I will be deleting social media from my phone after this post.
Take care of yourself today, choose hope, vote if you haven’t already, and see you on the other side.">
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An appropriate theme for tonight. I’m holding a vision for hope for tomorrow’s election. I’m holding a vision for a more loving administration and hopefully that love will be reflected out into our world.
Side note: This will probably be my last InkTober. I had hopes of doing all 30, even if they carried into November, but I’m going to shift my art in a different direction now.
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