A Case For Ritual > Routine: Balancing Productivity and Pleasure
A summer in Montana — phone-free, grieving my papa, watching for shooting stars on the dock with my sister — left me asking: How do you actually live well? Is it possible to cultivate a creative practice where productivity and pleasure aren't at war?
An Artist’s Personal Constitution, Pt. II: 7 Principles for Cultivating Creativity, Simplicity, and Inner Calm
A few years after drafting my original Personal Constitution, I've evolved — less materialistic, more peaceful, free-flowing. Here are 7 working amendments for cultivating creativity, simplicity, and inner calm. (Note to self, and to you: Stay open to further edits, always.)
An Artist’s Personal Constitution: 10 Daily Reminders to Stay the Course of Authenticity
After a month mostly off social media and a long self audit, I drafted 10 guiding principles for staying authentic in a world that wants to script your life. Begin with the end in mind. Say no to anything outside alignment. Trust your gut — and remember, you are water, not a brick wall.
How to Channel Emotion for True Creative Expression: A Self-Led Workshop
Less of an article, more of a digital workshop. Emotions get a bad rap — vulnerable, weak, a waste of time. But creativity comes out of humans, not robots, and many creative giants (like Mark Rothko) built careers on honest expression, regardless of societal expectation for what “art” is supposed to be. Here's a self-led exercise for channeling what you feel into what you make.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Artists, Pt. I: A Guide to Silence Imposter Syndrome
Inspired by Stephen Covey's classic, but rewritten for the artist who tends to reject "efficiency" on principle: Your habits are either a vehicle for creative acceleration or creative destruction. And imposter syndrome is hiding inside the small daily choices you don't think count. Here’s what to do about it.
Cancel Creator’s Block: 21 Ways to Get Creatively Motivated Right Now
Written a year into COVID, when stagnancy felt like a permanent state of being: Here are 21 tactical ways to break out of creator's block and back into momentum — from the abstract (artist affirmations) to the tangible (Airplane Mode).