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This week I’ve gotten the delightful experience to witness the joy of creation through my 13-year-old daughter. That, plus my musing on the book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey, have made me think more about the ways in which I am not following my own advice and how I can give myself a deeper permission to create without the burden of capitalism on my shoulders. 

Links Mentioned

• Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey (affiliate link)
• Join the Art Connection Circle
• Art and Self on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

I’ve been talking about it for a while, but I’m finally sharing my painting I made! In this episode, I talk about the vulnerable process of sharing and creating this painting as well as what benefits I get from knowing myself better. 

Links Mentioned

• Join the Art Connection Circle
• Animal Apothecary Oracle Card Deck (affiliate link)
• Art and Self on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

In this episode, I talk about how I am working to overcome my perfectionism in my art, writing, and business–taking inspiration from Simone Seol’s Garbage Post Challenge (Joyful Marketing Podcast Episode #160) and Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” (in her book Bird by Bird) .

Perfectionism stops my creativity in its tracks. In this episode, I discuss how I have taken these messages to heart by taking time to experiment, to play, and to create without any expectations of the outcome. 

When we let go of our need to be perfect, we open ourselves up to our authentic selves, and this is where the magic lies.

Links Mentioned

• Simone Seol’s Garbage Post Challenge
• Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird (affiliate link)
• Book a 1:1 Coaching Discovery Call
• The Creativity Cocoon
• Art and Self on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

I was talking with my best friend last week about how I can get intimidated and feel “less than” certain confident people who can very easily articulate why they believe a certain thing with facts and figures, societal impact, pros and cons, etc. 

I can deeply feel what I believe and what I know to be true in my body. 

My body knows the complexity of the issue, the pros and cons, the impact, but a “feeling of knowing” in my chest is not something I can necessarily bring out in an intelligent way in a conversation about the issues. 

My body knows the heart or the essence of the issue, but sometimes I can’t get that knowing to come out of my mouth.

That’s when my friend had a mic drop moment. She asked…

“When has facts and figures ever changed anyone’s mind about anything? It’s the feelings behind it that always drive change.”

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Of course facts and figures aren’t going to make the change. 

It’s our humanity that makes the difference. 

It’s our connection. Our compassion. Our love.

It’s our desire to express our humanity and our desire to see and be seen, to know and be known.

We need art for that.

This conversation was floating around in my head when my book coach made a suggestion that completely cracked me open.

Hear about that story on this week’s podcast episode, and how I might be starting to call myself *gulp* a poet.

Links Mentioned

• Art and Self on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube