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It’s okay to miss a day of making

September 7, 2021

But the day can seem less happy

Squareathon Day 5

Squareathon is considered one of Instagram’s most chill art challenges—if you miss a day or break the “rules”—it’s okay, in fact it’s encouraged. So why did I feel some angst when I skipped making a square on Monday?

I *know* it’s “okay” to miss a day. No one is judging me. There are no squareathon police issuing citations. No referees sending me into a penalty box devoid of art supplies. 

Squareathon Day 6

One thing I’ve learned since I committed to this creative life, is when I don’t spend time making something, anything, I feel some pain. Even if the thing I make doesn’t turn out how I want, I still spent time in the process and I’m better for it.

So maybe that’s why I felt angsty. Or even a little crabby. A day spent not creating is less happy.

Squareathon Day 4

Keep painting/writing/drawing/sketching—whatever it is—keep going. Enjoy the process.

It is not the act of making art that is painful. It is the desire to make something and not acting on it that causes pain.”

—Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way

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Creativity lies in doing

February 15, 2021

Not in the already done

Begin

The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.

The beginner’s humility and openness lead to exploration.

Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.

May your Monday lead to a new Begin.

Cheers.


Excerpted from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.

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Bex Hall

Her writing has appeared in various online and print publications, most recently in Kerning, a literary magazine, and in the Stories of Hope Collection in Transplant Living. Her artwork has appeared and sold through the Grayson Gallery. She blogs here about creative life and creates in Studio BE overlooking the Ohio River. Her work in progress is a memoir about the secret life of objects.

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