Did someone – a teacher, or parent, or peer – shut down your art? This happens all too often, especially when we are young. As kids, we don’t have the perspective or resiliency to know when someone is telling us something that’s not helpful for us. This drives me crazy! I work with so many people who have had to reclaim their artist. And sometimes, it’s decades before they shed the story someone else told them. Did this happen to you?
In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, I talk with multi-media artist Sean McMullin. To be transparent, Sean and I are art buddies who meet regularly to talk about what we are making. We go on and on about what inspires us and what gets in the way or supports our art-making. But in this episode, the focus is on Sean. We talk about:
- Giving ourselves permission to explore and create.
- Ending a lifelong struggle with creativity.
- How Sean makes his art a central part of his days with project management skills.
- Why and when and how to share.
- Keeping good notes as a key to a successful art practice.
If you’ve ever struggled to find space for your art or to reclaim the artist that got shut down as a child, this episode is for you.
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