What is Your Creative Child?
It’s okay to begin even if we don’t have the outcome as clearly in our minds as we would like. It will be messy, scary, but most of all, exhilarating.
It’s okay to begin even if we don’t have the outcome as clearly in our minds as we would like. It will be messy, scary, but most of all, exhilarating.
As I walk in the Spirit, I can go from work to work, creating the very things I was created to create! Long ago, the Lord planned my life for me.
Inspiration is a creative urge that downloads somewhat spontaneously. It doesn’t grow like a muscle through hard work and patience.
The creative process is a mysterious linkage of the talents and skills of the artist with the mind of God. Even non-Christian teachers recognize that artists somehow tap into the divine when they create.
The five-paragraph essay is not the father of writing. He’s not the only writing format out there. And figuring out how many sentences a conclusion should have is not a crucial writing question.
I don’t know about you, but I can tell very quickly when I have too many irons in the fire. The overachieving makes me underproductive.
When you crash, you crash hard. Your productivity is minimum, your brain isn’t fast enough, and little things distract you. It can be messy, for sure..
I knew going into publication there would be a price to pay for entering into consumerism. In exchange for a broad audience, I opened myself—and my creative work—to everything that came with the book publishing market.
We’re the ones that had a joint quarter-life crisis a couple of years ago and decided that we were going to finally pursue the things we love to do.
Ahhh, pronouns. We should all be thankful for these glorious words. They keep us from repeating the same name a million times.
You must write with the world waiting on pins and needles in mind. Still, there are facts that we accept.
Creativity is the literal art of healing. It comes in various shapes, sizes, and colors, and though it may not physically mend us, it remedies the soul.
We chase the high of other people’s opinions because, truthfully, we doubt our self-worth so much that we are starved for recognition.
You should never post a blog or try to sell a book that has parts that are unclear. Make sure your words mean what you are trying to say.
I had friends who could write and dance and stitch dresses out of nowhere, but I wasn’t as multi-talented. I had a very small, very specific place on the Creativity Wheel Chart.
I was so far beyond my comfort zone, so vulnerable on display for this small group of girls to ridicule. Maybe they wouldn’t say anything to my face.
Tessa Emily Hall was a bright girl who followed her dreams and grew into an accomplished woman. She stepped out of her comfort zone and has never looked back. Now, she’s living a life far greater than she could have imagined.
I do not have it all figured out in any part of my life. But isn’t that an important part of our journey as parents, artists, spouses, and friends?
We can choose to be inspired by the greats, our friends, and the random social media experts, or we can choose to be frustrated and quit. For those of us who do this for our Creator, inspiration trumps frustration every time.
I find that poetry is completely subjective to the writer, for poetry, at its core, is for the genuine expression of oneself.