Header

Helping soulful creatives live and work as their best, brightest selves.

READ

Blog
Newsletter
About

SHOP

Color Your Soul
Abstract Affirmations

MORE

Contact
About
Insta Challenge
Free Resources
Home

Join The Instagram Party - I'm @ckelso!

Today is book writing day! Jason's taking a day trip away so I decided to take advantage of the empty house and try to make a big dent in my first draft. Cue the self-doubt! ⠀
. ⠀
Our instinct when making things -- especially things that other people will see/read/potentially judge! -- is to sometimes focus on the pressure that comes with making that thing GREAT. We want it to be perfect right out of the gate. But, if I've learned anything about creativity over the years it's that it RARELY comes out great to begin with. It first has to be bad (or decidedly NOT good) before it can be better and before it can ever come close to being great. ⠀
. ⠀
In other words, we have to start with something. Get SOMETHING on the proverbial (or literal) page and then we can shape it and carve it and mold it into something more resembling the vision or essence we have in our hearts that we're trying to express. ⠀
. ⠀
That's seriously my only goal today: write something NOT GOOD. To bust through the self-doubt and paralysis and just get a draft together so that later on I can come back to it and maybe make it good, and one day soon (hopefully) make it great. ⠀
. ⠀
So now... what NOT GOOD thing do you want to make today? What's holding you back from making it?⠀
#mvbookjourney ⠀
.⠀
.⠀
.⠀
.⠀
#abstractaffirmationsdaily #handlettering #lettering #digitalart #handletteredart #abstractart #thehappynow #digitalart #choosemust #liveyourtruth #risingtidesociety #dreamersanddoers #peoplescreative #makersmovement #liveauthentic #bloomyellow #makersgonnamake #madetomatter #creativelife #bigmagic #creativepreneur #communityovercompetition #theimperfectboss #soulfulcreative #lovewarrior #soulshare

Started this Sunday off with a yoga session led by my neighbor and soul sister, the amazing Melanie of @rebelandmuse (check out her podcast!) and it was so inspiring that the second I got home I had to paint! ⠀
.⠀
Cracked open a new hard-bound art journal and started by "messing up" a few pages just to get over the fear of the blank page. Hoping to use this journal space for color studies and creative exploration apart from my canvas, cardboard and paper pieces. ⠀
. ⠀
Hope you're enjoying the last bits of your weekend and finding time to connect with your corse self before the week begins. 💗⠀
.⠀
.⠀
.⠀
.⠀
.⠀
#abstractart #carveouttimeforart #artjournal #thehappynow #selfcare #digitalart #choosemust #liveyourtruth #risingtidesociety #dreamersanddoers #peoplescreative #makersmovement #liveauthentic #bloomyellow #makersgonnamake #madetomatter #creativelife #bigmagic #creativepreneur #theimperfectboss #soulfulcreative #lovewarrior #soulshare

Made this one for me, but leaving it here in case anyone else needs it. ⠀
. ⠀
We all get critical of ourselves sometimes. Maybe we have those things we've been wanting to change or that we wish were different about ourselves. ⠀
.⠀
Lately, though, I've been reminding myself that letting those tapes play on repeat is just not productive. Letting that criticism show up again and again is exhausting. So... instead of letting it come back around again, let's try filtering it into one of two categories: Things we can change vs. things we cannot change.⠀
.⠀
If it's within our control, we put in the work. If it's not, we work on letting it go.⠀
. ⠀
Easier said then done, sure. But it sure beats hearing that same old self-defeating song over and over again, doesn't it? ⠀
#letterstosoulfulcreatives 💗👊⠀
.⠀
.⠀
.⠀
.⠀
#thehappynow #digitalart #choosemust #liveyourtruth #risingtidesociety #dreamersanddoers #peoplescreative #makersmovement #liveauthentic #bloomyellow #makersgonnamake #madetomatter #creativelife #bigmagic #creativepreneur #communityovercompetition #theimperfectboss #soulfulcreative #lovewarrior #soulshare #handlettering #lettering #handletteredart #abstractart

Copyright Made Vibrant LLC / Terms & Conditions

Cart (0)