Sep 14, 2016 | Essential Oils, How to think like an artist
I have talked at length about keeping creativity flowing. As a hobby knitter, being creatively refreshed may not seem like a thing. But if you dream of being a fiber artist, or rely on your creativity for your work, the need to keep the creative ideas flowing becomes...
Sep 7, 2016 | How to think like an artist
Over the last few months I have been itching to get the studio in place, not just to get back to my work routine, but to also try out some new stuff I have been itching to do. So despite having boxes of books and fiber stuffs waiting to be unpacked, my workspace was...
Jul 27, 2016 | How to think like an artist, Knit like a fiber artist, The Business of being an artist
I get it. It is overwhelming to follow the dream of being an artist. Let me start by dispelling that overwhelm. You already are an artist. As I have written so many times (like here and here), just by setting the intention to be an artist, you are already an artist....
Jul 20, 2016 | Creative woo, How to think like an artist
Think about it for a minute. The world seems to work in a series of opposites. Dark/Light, Good/Evil, Right Brain/Left Brain. Even nature works in cycles through opposites…growth/decay, night/day, high tide/low tide, winter/summer, ebb/flow. I think the Chinese...
Jul 13, 2016 | How to think like an artist
I get it. Sometimes it is hard to wrap your brain around maintaining fresh inspirations for your work. Creative blocks are real y’all and as a professional artist, they are scary as shit. Fear spirals into monkey mind trying to become inspired, worrying about...
Jul 6, 2016 | Creative woo, Freebies, How to think like an artist
For the last 15 years, I have heard it over and over again. Knitting is the new yoga. The idea being that the rhytmic motions of knitting would put you back into your body and you become relaxed. I find that the rhythms of fiber work can spark some crazy good creative...
