August 20, 2020

Why Art Journaling? With Wendy Solganik

What is it about art journaling that makes it actual magic? Out of all the different ways to be creative, why do we choose art journaling? Why is this the one thing we have stuck with over time, and the one thing that we are constantly falling in love with? In order to answer this question with Wendy Solganik, we need to dissect her entire creative story.

Podcast Show Notes

Phew, a lot!
Wendy’s creative story
knowing what you need and going after it even when it’s hard, then figuring things out as you go
the need to play
thinking that you can’t be an artist because you can’t draw
scrapbooking as the gateway to art journaling
the need for something that is low pressure and that doesn’t take up space
figuring how to fit yourself into your art
focus on the making of art, not on the collecting of art
Wendy’s love for online art classes
the need for a community of artists
lies we tell ourselves and how they impact how we put ourselves out there
feeling the fear and doing it anyway
doubts as an online creator, as people who teach art classes, and of putting yourself out there
stealing like an artist, being an amalgamation of our creative sources
creating a “cohesive” vs. go-with-the-flow Instagram feed
Instagram as a permission slip, and the part it plays in our creative processes
our views on inspiration
and then I stopped writing notes and sat back to fall in love with the way Wendy views the world 😍

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WENDY SOLGANIK

Wendy is an artist and artist book maker who lives right outside of Cleveland Ohio and has been an artist crafter her entire life. She is currently wandering through creativity, treasure hunting, and journal making.

Learn more about Wendy Solganik here.

THE GET MESSY PODCAST

I’m Caylee Grey. Creator of Get Messy, official fairy freaking artmother and your pro excuse-squashing ninja.

In the Get Messy podcast I’ll be chatting to a selection of amazing, real-life humans just like you are who are dealing with the very same barriers … but overcoming them to create their art.

Together, we’ll explore what it REALLY means to be an artist. Practically. Warts and all. So that you can be an artist, today, now, even if you work a day job, have a million and one commitments and own a cat that likes sitting on your art.

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