On Artistry and Aesthetics: Creativity as Non-Capitalist (Fountain-of-Youth-Adjacent) Play
For an artist whose main objective is uninhibited expression, I can’t help but wonder: How do modern aesthetic practices (Botox, GLP-1s, and other means to defy aging) affect creative flow? My interpretation is critical, and I offer another — non-capitalist, anti-consumerist, time-defying — solution, not in a product, but in creativity as play.
Sun Child Creativity: An Antithetical Approach to Suffering Artistry
Shadow work is effective — necessary, even — but when we become our shadow self, in identifying too strongly with it, we start to lose the plot. The goal isn't to eliminate the shadow child, but to integrate it; and to allow your sun child to have a voice, too, leading you into more free and joyful expression, uninhibited by fear, anxiety, or self-doubt.
All Is Fair in Love and Work: On Making Art Through Heartbreak and Career Change
After a breakup with my artist boyfriend and the start of a buttoned-up corporate job, a close friend told me it made sense; I was "made for corporate" — that I wanted security more than I wanted to be an artist. Here's what I've learned about Creative Responsibility looking different across seasons — and why occupying one role doesn’t steal validity from another.
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.
Creative Responsibility: A Call to This Emerging Generation of Creators
The concept of Creative Responsibility came to me as a spiritual "download" while meditating in early 2020, and has since evolved into the intersection of mindfulness, movement, and embodied creativity. Here's why creating matters, what Resistance is really up to, and the call I believe is on every artist right now.
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.