These 7 podcasts for creatives will help motivate and inspire you with your creative journey or your creative business (and you may learn a few things too!)
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My Word For 2017: Colour
Do you do a “word of the year” where you choose a word that you hope will be the guide for your coming year? Last year I chose minimize – I wanted to minimize my life and do more of less. I did start posting monthly updates but then fell off the wagon with that but, I didn’t fall of the minimize path. I carried
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Hello… It’s Me
Well… hello there. Do you remember me? My name is Melissa. And I write (occasionally) in this little space. I swear to God I thought my last update was in September so I was shocked to see it was actually August. That made me feel even worse about being so neglectful. The truth is, I just didn’t feel like writing. My brain didn’t want to
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Inside My Studio: 100 Day Project 2016 Is In The Books
I wrapped up the 2016 edition of The 100 Day Project at the end of July and, just like last year, it was a terrific experience that served to remind me of many of the lessons I learned in 2015. I didn’t blog about it much here because, let’s be frank, I haven’t blogged much about anything this year – although I am trying to be consistent
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Inside My Studio: The Art of Repetition and Practice
Has everyone heard of the 10,000 Hour Rule by now? It was put forward by author Malcolm Gladwell with the reasoning behind it being that in order to become really really good at what you do, you need to put in 10,000 hours of actually doing it. Yeah. Being gifted has nothing to do with it. You actually have to get off your butt and
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The 100 Day Project 2016 Edition
I was really looking forward to taking part in The 100 Day Project again this year after having such a great experience last year. But as April edged closer and no word came from The Great Discontent about the 2016 edition, I started to get a little worried it might not happen. As it happens, the The Great Discontent decided to bow out of hosting the
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February 22nd: What’s Inspiring Me This Week
So after spending most of November and December being completely burnt out, I decided that wasn’t any fun. And then I decided that I really don’t think I feel like going through another case of burn out like that ever again. So one of my plans, among many, to stay on top of things is to start looking for inspiration every week and writing it down.
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Staying Inspired: Podcasts I Love
I have become hooked on podcasts. How long have podcasts been around now? Years and years? And yet, it was only in 2015 that I discovered them. And now I am hooked. Although, thinking back, it’s probably not at all surprising. Growing up, on family road trips, my dad would stick cassette after cassette of old radio programs in our car’s tape deck to
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What 100 Days Can Do
What can 100 days do? No really… what can you do in 100 days? Where does it get you? I mean… it doesn’t sound like much. Anyone could do 100 of anything. 100 jumping jacks. 100 photographs. 100 words. It’s such a small number that it feels totally achievable and yet, so achievable that it almost creates a “why bother” attitude… it’s not enough to really
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Weekend In My Studio: Half Way Through The 100 Day Project
I’m a wee bit more than half way through the 100 Day Project now. Today will be day 55 and I feel like I’ve hit a bit of a groove with my 100 Days of 10 Minute Doodles. It was fun to go back and look at them all in a group when I hit the 50 mark and got it got me thinking
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