“After I quit law and started exploring creatively on purpose… this felt different to me.”
- Shinah
Before discovering creativity, I worked as a corporate securities lawyer (which is as boring as it sounds), working incredibly long days. Before quitting law, I was yearning for some sort of creative expression or outlet in my life.
I explored many, many different creative things before falling in love with calligraphy and eventually turning it into a super-successful business.
So, some of you may be wondering — why calligraphy?
That’s exactly what I’m going to explain in this episode of The Shinah Show.
To do that, I want to break down the way that I approached creativity during three very different eras in my life: while I was still working as a lawyer, while I was in my ‘discovery phase’ after quitting law, and after I found my calling as a calligrapher and calligraphy teacher.
Before I quit law, I tried a long list of things like jewelry-making, watercolor painting, and woodworking, without really finding a level of connection. Let’s just say that I dabbled — I’d try something out, maybe stick with it for a few weeks or months, and then let the supplies gather dust in a closet somewhere.
It wasn’t until after I quit law that creativity started to feel more... intentional.
It felt like I was exploring on (and with) purpose — and accepting an invitation to myself to learn from my explorations.
And that shift in mindset? It was exactly what I needed to open myself up to really discovering the creative pursuit that would light me up!
Tune into this episode of The Shinah Show to find out:
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