You know that moment when life feels like it’s too much? When the daily grind consumes your find and a bit of peace is too hard to find? Sometimes, you need to take a break to recharge. From your creative life, too. Creativity is tension and release. Creativity is meant to be shared. Creatives inspire… Continue Reading
Try as I may, playing piano fast isn’t easy for me. The slow and dramatic pace is my jam. It works for me. I can do slow and dramatic. I’m comfortable with slow and dramatic. My point? We all have our strengths at our respective arts—writing, music, visual art, whatever. We’ve all got things we’re… Continue Reading
Got a feeling? Trust your creative intuition. Gut. Instinct. First thought? Go. Our intuition is designed to tell us something-to warn us before we do something stupid, to advise us when we’re unsure. Like a sixth sense. So here’s six ways to use your intuition when you’re creating something. (1.) Write your first thought.… Continue Reading
Got some new hit songs on repeat these days? As a musician, I love listening to popular singles over and over again. Especially if it’s got a catchy melody. I’m a sucker for melodies. Maybe it’s because I don’t always hear the correct lyrics the first listen. Maybe it’s because a catchy melody sounds like… Continue Reading
Music. Inspiration. In an epic celebration. Catch the 2017 Grammy’s last night? We think of music’s biggest night as a ceremony that celebrates legends—legendary artists, legendary singers, songwriters, composers, producers and engineers, but when you get right down to it, they are all creative doing the same thing every creative does every day—sweating it out… Continue Reading
Abandon creative guilt, ye who enter here. Creatives love to play. Writers, musicians, artists – whatever. We fall in love with words, melodies, colours – whatever your art – for the pure joy of making something through that artistic medium. I’m in love with words and music. Somewhere along the way, we grow up,… Continue Reading
Creation heals the soul Creation makes us whole Creation is our lifelong Never ending goal. Creation makes us crazy Creation makes us hazy Dreamers of magic Because that’s all we know. Hear your voice Within the noise When an idea lights up your brain You think you’ll go insane. Art doesn’t have to be complicated Thinking too much is overrated.… Continue Reading
Tick, tock. How much time do you have? Probably not enough to sit down at your computer for four hours a day and let your fingers fly on the keyboard. Creation – taking an idea and turning it into something – is more thought and planning than it is physically crafting your art. Plans are… Continue Reading
Monika Weatherly 