What is an Idea Museum? I love the concept of an idea museum partly because I am a collector. Don’t get me wrong when I say Collector. I’m not a hoarder by any means. In fact, I am a huge minimalist. Every six months I go through my closet to make sure that I don’t [...]
Category: Writing
How to be an artists when you didn’t feel artistic
Being artistic is…hard. Admitting that I’m artistic is harder. I come from from a family of highly talented people. My brother works for Lucas Films, my cousin is a fashion guru and gothic goddess, my other cousin is a baker that can decorate a cupcake and make you think that it's art of weed (Whichever [...]
How to be creative AND productive
These two are not mutually exclusive! Start with Passion. A lot of people view themselves as ‘artists’ in terms of making their living from art. But let’s be real, in our modern world how realistic is that? I purposefully got an office job because cooking all the time was creatively draining, along with physically draining. [...]
An Ode to Writing Prompts
Free writing and journaling is one of the things that I love the most in life because it sparks my creativity and makes me think outside of the box. Sometimes I know that I will fill up five to ten pages hand written...having no idea what I'm writing. But that's the entire beauty of a [...]
Five Pillars of Creativity
Creativity is not something that comes easily, as many artists and creatives will tell you. It is rare that a creator, be it a painter, a writer or anything else is just constantly bubbling with ideas that can actually be transformed into something physical. I came up against the dreaded writer's block a lot including [...]
4 Things You Need to Start the Year Right
Okay, we all know that 2020 was a bust. Any goals we had had to be completely overhauled, a lesson in how to flow in life even when everything goes in a completely opposite direction. Of course we could dwell some more on the dumpster fire that was 2020 but the truth is that most [...]
10 Mantras for Writers
Writing is hard! Sometimes having confidence in your writing is even harder. Like everything, I find that half of it is mental and getting out of your own head and down to the paper. You all know how much I like Mantras and there are plenty for writing. Next time you start loosing confidence in [...]
Books About Writing By Writers, For Writers
There are so many people out there telling you how to write. Style is great, grammar is king and knowing how to "Write your book in 30 days" sounds kind of like a diet pill that promises you'll look like a Victoria Secret Model in time for beach season. But when it comes down to [...]
Tarot for Journaling and Reflection
I cant say I am the biggest fan of divination. True I burn incense, practice yoga naked in the back yard on the full moon, fill my room with plants and what not. But I have never been a fan of anything divination related. Astrology has always gotten to me with how vague it is [...]
Why You Need A Planner
I hear so many people talk about how they don't need a planner, how they keep it all in their head. I am honestly not sure how people do this because my brain would not work that way. These also happen to be the people that I find most often are late, forget appointments, or [...]
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