Texts, reflection, ideas, theories.
The other day I realized that what constitutes our inner compass, gut feeling or intuition if you will, are our self-esteem and self-confidence in combination with self-regard and respect. Of course this is a simplified version, and there are so much more affecting us, but it’s a staring point and it got me thinking. 🙂 […]
This is a mind game I play with myself to put things in perspective. As we get caught up in what we strive towards we forget that we actually advance. Often changes come increment by increment, so gradually we might not see them. Anxiety changes shape. Most certainly it will be with us all our […]
As feelings inspiration comes and goes. We cannot force ourselves to be inspired. It almost seems to be out of our control. Though I think we can affect it. Just as we are more likely to be in a good mood when we are surrounded with loving and supportive people (also known as friends 😉 […]
In my eyes, exercise is an excellent tool for learning to be comfortable with uncomfortable, to know when and how to push ourselves, and to have something that we can get better at (and competence grows confidence). By extension the behaviors we learn in the sweaty, and sometimes smelly, gym can spill over to other […]
This post is about the creative process of painting, which I think can be applied to most creative endeavors. The process of making art versus designing something is very different. With art you have a starting point but you don’t have a defined and specific end result, and the result is not the most important. […]