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How to maintain a creative habit with Anika Lacerte
How to be an Artist Podcast In this podcast, I chat to Anika Lacerte about creative habit. As someone who is currently on her 9th 100 day project, Anika is kind of an expert at it. She shares her top 16 ways for fitting art into your life every single freaking day....
Introducing the Season of Habit
How do you become an artist? You make art. This season, a host of incredible artists will be taking you on a creative journey focused on what I believe to be the most important part of being an artist: HABIT. But habit isn't easy. Cultivating a creative habit is...
Inspiration is not real
how to be an artist podcast Inspiration does not exist. It's a lie. Inspiration is not real. True inspiration is the kind that leads to immediate action. Inspiration that leads to nothing tangible is... nothing. There's something tangible standing between an idea and...
How to create art with a purpose beyond yourself with Morgan Harper Nichols
How to be an Artist In this episode of the podcast, I was awed by Morgan Harper Nichols. Yup, that's right. The Morgan Harper Nichols. MHN and I talk about how selflessness is important to her artistic process. How she finds purpose in her art by creating beyond...
Introducing the Season of Starting
Lauren and I have always planned our seasons the year before. They served as our guide for the year in our business as well as for our creativity. This month is the first month without Lauren. I almost thought about changing the season. But it's kind of serendipitous....
How I went from lazy and passive to deliberate and goal driven
Lauren and I have always planned our seasons the year before. They served as our guide for the year in our business as well as for our creativity. This month is the first month without Lauren. I almost thought about changing the season. But it's kind of serendipitous....
How to be an Artist
How to be an ArtistLet's officially kick off the podcast with my story and the reason I'm here. I used to be what I will graciously call passive.I had (and have) a really good life. I was born into a self-made wealthy family. Every bit of my life (and the lives of my...
5 Topics + Page Recipes For When You Don’t Know What To Art Journal About
How to be an Artist Making art should be easy. Turn up the music, select your arty weapons of choice, crack your knuckles and then, well, make art. But let’s be honest: Art is messy. (Heck, life is messy!)So even though it’s so important to you to be an artist and...
Introducing the Season of Inspiration
One of the greatest questions we face as an artist is: WHAT DO I CREATE ABOUT?! WHAT IS MY MUSE? We see Frida painting flowers and Diego painting Frida. But what do YOU create about? What is your 'thing' that people associate with you? During May at Get...
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