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My Artistic Journey<\/h3>\n

As\u00a0a little girl, I always loved to sing and act. I was known as the “ham,” (okay, yes, I’m still known as a ham.) For years, I begged my mother to take me on auditions in New York. My\u00a0parents were not the type to indulge such an\u00a0expensive, all-consuming hobby though, particularly one with so little chance of success. Given the way things turned out for me, I’m happy they didn’t.<\/p>\n

As I entered middle school, and through high school, I dabbled in drawing, but found I could pour my heart onto the written page and make art from it. That was magic.\u00a0Much like being on stage where I\u00a0channeled my emotions into a character, I found a much needed catharsis in my journal. Still, while I certainly thought of myself as a performer, and somewhat a writer, I never had the opportunity to dive fully into my artistic life.<\/p>\n

I suppose if I had been raised in a more artistic family I might have grown up an “artsier” kid. It wasn’t that my parents discouraged it in any way, but I’m not sure they really “got it.”<\/p>\n

Once I got out on my own,\u00a0I had a lot more freedom and opportunity to explore.\u00a0I\u00a0had\u00a0a life-long dream to do photography. My sophomore year in college, I met Alex, a photographer, and when I told him I wanted to learn, he\u00a0gave up\u00a0his old camera, and I found I had a lot\u00a0to say on film.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t spend enough hours shooting\u00a0and working in the dark room. I was lit afire by the work of Edward Weston, Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Dix, Sebastiao Salgado, Sally Mann, Diane Arbus, and Ansel Adams, and I soaked up books and exhibits everywhere I could.<\/p>\n

For the first time, I was an artist. I was a part of a\u00a0world I’d always wanted to be in, but never knew existed. Alex\u00a0would take me to the\u00a0old converted school house where they taught art lessons. The\u00a0heady scent of oil paint and linseed oil filled my lungs as I\u00a0learned to make\u00a0the\u00a0light and composition tell the stories of my choice. I was learning the magic of visual art. I was hooked and wanted more.<\/p>\n

[bctt tweet=”A happy\u00a0artist does two things a frustrated artist doesn’t: she tells her\u00a0inner critic to take a hike and feeds her\u00a0creative self.”]<\/p>\n

Upon graduation, suddenly having my own money and more free time, I continued writing and photographing, but found I wanted to explore many other art forms too. I took up guitar, modern dance, pottery, creative writing, and joined the Saturday night drum circles at the dance\u00a0studio.<\/p>\n

At the drum circles, I learned how my voice, my music, and my movement would merge with the group, connecting and filling me, and transforming the energy flowing through me\u00a0in mysterious and\u00a0wonderful\u00a0ways.\u00a0It was the most clear experience of being a “channel” for the art I had ever had. I remember participating in an exercise called the “vocal cone” for the first time. At the end of the circle, we stood in the dark in concentric circles, shoulder to shoulder, and closed our eyes. We\u00a0hummed our lowest note in unison, the idea being that without our communicating about it, the note would slowly climb in pitch.<\/p>\n

With my sight cut off, I could focus on the auditory and physical sensations. My voice vibrated in my body, but with everyone surrounding me, their voices were there too. The note began climbing, I was smiling with the excitement, and before I knew it, we slid the note all the way to the highest pitch. For\u00a0a moment\u00a0I thought someone had turned the lights on, but when I opened my eyes, it was still dark.<\/p>\n

While I might have delved more deeply into the arts as a child, I have no regrets. My particular path lead me to learn about the soul of the art before the technique, and I’m very grateful for that.<\/p>\n

During this time of artistic explosion, I came across Cathy Malchiodi’s seminal book, Art Therapy Sourcebook<\/a>* and realized that art and expressive therapy would be my life’s work. To prepare for grad school, I took classes in drawing, painting, and sculpture, and found another passion for painting. I was called back to those earlier days in the school house.(*The link for the book I\u2019ve provided is an affiliate link. If\u00a0you decide to click on it and purchase something, I\u2019ll receive a small commission.)<\/p>\n

I’ve continued to explore and stretch as an artist in the years since – joining and creating new artist communities, taking classes, pushing my comfort zones, and writing this blog. What is your artistic story? What inspired you? Lit your creative fires?<\/p>\n

Let’s create until we are 93, until we have to work large because we can’t see, and until we take our last breaths dancing. Let’s talk about how to feed your inner artist.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Read blogs about art<\/h3>\n

Part of how I find artistic inspiration and beat the inner critic is by drooling over the amazing art I find online. A steady diet of blogs on art journaling, painting, drawing, and design keep my little inner artist fed and ready to create.<\/p>\n

Art Journalist on Overcoming Fear and Perfectionism in Art Journaling<\/a><\/p>\n

Artist Amy Ng shares 1000 Things to Draw<\/a>\u00a0with a fun little randomizer feature<\/p>\n

For some plain old, inspiring, delicious images, check out Lisa Cogdon’s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A fun, freeing, and funky blog for artists, check out this post on art journaling from Doodler’s Anonymous<\/a><\/p>\n

This is an inspiring post about sewing in your art journal<\/a> with plenty of how to’s and great images from Daisy Yellow.<\/p>\n

I can never get enough of Carla Sonheim’s amazing, wild art tutorials, like this Alligator Coloring Tutorial<\/a>, or this one, “Go Blob Hunting<\/a>.” Carla really knows how to let the inner artist out to play!<\/p>\n

Lisa Mitchell at Inner Canvas is an art therapist\u00a0and blogger, her art therapy invitations are also great art projects\u00a0to do at home. I really liked the one on Open HeARTed Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[bctt tweet=”Your job as an artist is not to make something perfect, it’s to show up, do your part, and take some chances.”]<\/p>\n

For a list of my favorite art books, click here<\/a>. And here you’ll find my favorite art journaling supplies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Palette<\/a><\/h3>\n

Take Care of Your Inner Critic<\/h3>\n

We talked about this during the 5 for 5 Self-Care Challenge: Write<\/a>. Try this exercise on listening to and conquering the inner critic. It’s an excerpt from my upcoming e-book, Starting Your Art Journal<\/a>. Click the link, scroll midway down the page, and you’ll find it!<\/p>\n

And for the ultimate exercise in working out the fears of your inner critic, try the exercises in Freeing the Muse<\/a> – they are so light hearted and fun, your critic won’t realize you are “making art.”<\/p>\n

[bctt tweet=”There is no perfect in art. The sooner you let that go, the sooner you flow with creativity.”]<\/p>\n

5 for 5 Self-Care Challenge Winners<\/h3>\n

You are probably wondering when the heck is Amy going to announce the winners from the Self-Care Challenge. Right now! As you remember, the winners were chosen randomly from amongst all the comments. While I’m psyched to offer these three lovely souls more tools for their art and self-care, my hope is that participating in the challenge has helped you to experience how helpful and fun 5 minutes of daily self-care is.<\/p>\n

Two of our lucky winners will receive a copy of Starting Your Art Journal <\/a>One lucky winner will receive a portable art kit, worth $40.<\/p>\n

And the winners of Starting Your Art Journal are…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"E-Book<\/a><\/p>\n

Tayla Naden<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

Barbara Shelton<\/p>\n

And the portable art kit winner is…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joy Simon!<\/p>\n

Thank you everyone for making the challenge so fun and meaningful with your heartfelt comments and consistent participation.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/h3>\n

How do you stay inspired to be creative and make art? What great art blogs, books, and movies have I missed? Tell us about that and more in the comments please, and if you liked this post, spread the love on social media. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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