Storytelling for Change
How Feedback Can Support Your Creative Process
Feedback is necessary for our creative process, especially when we are trying to describe our work, but the process can be challenging. Here I share the two biggest challenges and ways to navigate the process so you take what you need and your work benefits from the input.
Beyond Resolutions
Moving beyond resolutions is a way of approaching goals that embraces their cyclical nature. In the pandemic it feels like we are at a time when we can embrace new traditions. In mine I seek out creative inspiration.
Following Your Inspiration
How can we talk about our work in a way that inspires others? Today we look to your inspiration and how our inspiration might come from frustration. I share a story from Kate Raworth on how frustration led her to a new way to think about our economic system.
Make it Special
How do we get people to care about something they don’t yet know they care about? I explore one of the best ways to do this and it starts with you.
Why Tell Your Story
Can you imagine a world where nobody would tell their story? Our world would lose its spark. For shy people, how do we find the courage to share our story and why is this important?
Understanding Starts with Differences
To tell our story so others can understand us, we first have to understand what others don’t understand. As artists and creatives we often skip that part of our storytelling journey.
Removing Fallen Leaves
Telling our story requires that we know what we want to say. But our knowing is usually covered with the ideas of others. Here are three ways to come back to yourself.
Getting Unstuck - Form or fiction?
I’ve written a lot about creative flow. And yet, this past week I felt more stuck than I have in months. Here is what I discovered when I got quiet and asked myself a different question.
More Spill Their Coffee Moments, Please
We don’t always learn from a place of excitement and interest. Sometimes we learn from discomfort.