What does embodying Awe look and feel like? I was chatting with a dear friend and asked if he had any suggestions for my next 21 day...
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creativity & joy
Small Actions Add Up
Making time in your day for what you value. I've been wanting to give myself a 30-day challenge that will support both my writing and...
Disarm Your Inner Critic
The Freedom of Contour Drawing One of the most surprising ways to disarm the inner critic when it comes to drawing is to do blind contour...
Connect with Your Inner Knowing
How to Use Simple Mark Making to Relax Your Mind & Body One of the things I love about mark making is that it takes me out of my head...
What does it mean to write into a space of not knowing?
The importance of freewriting and how to do it. I heard myself sigh when I set the clock. Time to write. Time to freewrite. What’s...
What’s the Big Idea?
Creative Ways to Explore Your Values & Vision I recently did a workshop with the mixed media artist Eric Scott called What’s the...
Calisthenics for Your Brain
More Ways to Think Differently I just finished up a visual thinking class with Scriberia, a visual consultancy based in London. We did a...
Make Room for New Beginnings
Pausing, Being Still and Becoming How often do you allow yourself to pause? And by that, I mean, stop. Don’t try, don’t push harder or...
Use Mark Making to Connect with Your Senses
How to use paint and color to relax and express yourself. When I’m not sure what to paint, or simply want to relax and play with colors, I...
Visual Haiku: A Way to Combine Words & Images
The last few months, I’ve been taking classes that combine poetry and visuals. I’ve been learning about poetry comics, concrete poetry,...
The Process of Learning to See Never Ends
On my five year anniversary of deciding to learn to draw, I want to share how drawing has completely altered the way I see the world, do my work, and live my life.
It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New
What is that thing that you’ve been wanting to try, but tell yourself you can’t, because you don’t have time, or you’re too old, or you’ll never be good at it so what’s the point?
