Art Making as Spiritual Practice @ Virtual NCECA 2021
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The Turtle/Pirate Art Test
As a child, I was lured into the “art test” that ran in newspapers and said in bold letters, DRAW ME. The test featured monthly cash...
10 strategies to combat perfectionsim
It seems like a lot more frequently of the conversation I hear from students about the difficulty of their life is around the concept of...
Notes from a Recovering Creative Perfectionist
Perfectionism kills, and it is suffocating! How do you breathe surrounded in all that perfection? For me, I can choose to breathe or...
That is one way to avoid failure...
I was in a 6th grade art classroom working with students. I encountered a bright student that we will call, “Melissa.” Melissa is a...
Creative Worry from a Pulpit!
So I listened to a sermon earlier today from The House of Mercy, by Katie Langston on the text Numbers 20: 1-13, titled On Wells and...
Creativity's Indigenous Opposite
Being creative can be hard work but it doesn't have to be. Since we as humans are inherently creative we don't need to wrestle with...
Creative Sabotage
Sometimes our humanity momentarily makes sense in suggestion and in simplicity. I made this piece, Self-Infliction, in 2011, a...
Creative Attributes
Creativity is complex; it is part of our uniqueness as problem solving human beings. However, creativity does not develop in each...
"PROOF: I am Creative"
As soon as someone finds out that I am an artist for the first time, I become a confessional for those who fear their creative capacity. ...
