Share It wasn’t happening. Every time I sat down at my desk to complete the next drawing lesson in Drawing From the Right Side of the Brain … something came up. I didn’t have the right plexiglass frame. There were emails to answer. The lighting wasn’t right. The pencil needed sharpening. The kid was too [...]
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The Faith of Art
Share I opened up the Travel & Leisure magazine and just started ripping. Tearing out glossy pages at random, letting my hands choose relevance without judging or thinking or deciding what each page would be used for. Then, removing the edges of each piece until it emerged. The word, the phrase, the tiny pig figurine. [...]
The Necessary of Getting Messy & Looking Like an Idiot.
Share Yes, I am a writer. Words are my media, my language of painting my truth. Words are how I attempt to compose a symphony of evocation and inspiration and stirring-you-up. Words are how I share myself, whether written or on video or in teaching a live class. But lately I’ve been doing some creativity [...]
twenty-eight days: misplacing my voice and other reasons to pick up a pen
Share The temporary excuse was the failure of a single digit. The diagnosis of osteoarthritis in the middle knuckle of my right ring finger – stiff, swollen – necessitating aleve and rest and splint and ice and the sticking of my flesh with needles. I couldn’t type. Couldn’t write. Was stuck with videos and hunt [...]
How to Make Money By Getting Nothing Done
Share I’m coming up on the end of the 60 day sabbatical, my moratorium on promotion and launches and producing and completing, so I could have space for the energies of thinking and creating and writing and who knows what else needed to be allowed to happen. Here are a few things I learned. Writing [...]
How to Write Every Day
Share I write every day. First thing in the morning – sometimes 4:30 AM, sometimes 7:15 AM – before any other work, before errands, sometimes even before coffee. It may take 20 minutes. It may take 3 hours. I may write 200 words. I may write 1500. Now … I’m fascinated that I can actually [...]
The Seduction of the Resistance Monster: Day 6 of Writing Every Day
Share As part of my 60 day sabbatical, I’m instituting a new habit of writing every day. First thing, as soon as I get up in the morning. Before any other work projects, before I leave the house to get my coffee (!!), before I do the dishes or indulge in any other excuse to [...]
EPW Live Ep5: Manage Ideas, Categorize & Test Content
Share In Episode 5 of EPW Live, I shared where I get my ideas from for blog posts, videos, live shows, and my paid programs, the different ways I categorize and test content, and how to choose which content to use, when, and for what media. Check out the live show each week on Thursdays [...]
Two Half Written and Nothing To Post
Share Today, I was productive. I answered emails and blog comments and returned phone calls and made appointments. I coached a client and ran a twitter chat and wrote copy for my new consulting page. I let my personal trainer kick my butt. Did the dishes. Unpacked boxes. Tidied the living room. (Well, I tidied [...]
Review: "Ignore Everybody" by Hugh MacLeod aka @GapingVoid
Share Think you’re not an artist? Think you’re not in a creative industry? Think again. In this video I share my realizations from the polarizing manifesto “Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity” by Hugh MacLeod (@GapingVoid). Related Posts#SXSWi pt 1: Unconsummated Fangirl Stalking of @gapingvoid
I'm Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, a writer, teacher, and coach.