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Arts To Hearts PodcastRe: Daily Practices to Nurture Your Creativity w/ Susan diRendeIn this episode of the Arts to Hearts podcast, Susan diRende shares her incredible journey as an artist who discovered her passion later in life. From teaching and writing to working in real estate, Susan has had a variety of experiences that shaped her creativity. She opens up about facing personal challenges, including loss and starting fresh in New Zealand, and shares valuable insights on overcoming imposter syndrome. With her practical advice on taking small steps and seeking new experiences, Susan inspires listeners to embrace their creative paths.2024-11-0759 min
Creativity UpliftG’nug is g’nug people! Don’t get sucked into always needing to do more. ##LifeSkill##LifeSkills##...G’nug is g’nug people! Don’t get sucked into always needing to do more. ##LifeSkill##LifeSkills##WorkBalance##ImposterSyndrome##ImposterComplex##selfcare##creativehappylife##creativity##creativelife##artistlife##fyp##foryou2024-07-3001 minCreativity UpliftOnce again, I burned my dinner because I was working on a painting and lost track of time. #Starv...Once again, I burned my dinner because I was working on a painting and lost track of time. #StarvingArtist #Artist #ArtistLife #ArtistsLife #Creative #Absentminded #susandirende #creativelife #fyp #foryou2024-07-2800 minCreativity UpliftThe secret key to showing up every day for your daily creative practice is not finding the will t...The secret key to showing up every day for your daily creative practice is not finding the will to start, but having the willpower to stop when you have accomplished your daily task. It is the limitation that will set you free. #DailyPractice #ArtPractice #Creativity #Maker #Art #Artist #FYP #Inspiration #fyp #foryou #Transformation #CreativeTransformation #LifeSkill #LifeSkills #DailyArt #Discipline #SelfDiscipline #ArtisticDiscipline #ShowingUp #ShowingUpForYourArt #CreativeOfTikTok #ArtistsOfTikTok, #WritersOfTikTok2024-07-2603 minCreativity UpliftSo there are 4 slots available in the artist/writer residency in Tuscany this summer— one in each...So there are 4 slots available in the artist/writer residency in Tuscany this summer— one in each of four different weeks starting June 16, June 23, July 28 and August 4. The September dates haven’t filled up yet so that’s a possibility if you want to come in September. Message me your email so I can send you the details or go to my writer website, susandiRende dot ink, where you can read about it and then send me an email from the link there if you’re interested. This is going to be first come first reserved from the date and time of...2024-07-2400 minCreativity UpliftIf you’re having difficulty showing up for your creative self every day, or as much as you’d like...If you’re having difficulty showing up for your creative self every day, or as much as you’d like, here’s a tip for my own experience of transformation. #Creativity #Transformation #CreativeTransformation #LifeSkill #LifeSkills #DailyArt #Discipline #SelfDiscipline #ArtisticDiscipline #ShowingUp #ShowingUpForYourArt #CreativeOfTikTok #ArtistsOfTikTok, #WritersOfTikTok ##fyp##foryou##foryoupage2024-07-2202 minCreativity UpliftThe only problem with letting your unconscious solve a hole in your plot is that it most likely w...The only problem with letting your unconscious solve a hole in your plot is that it most likely will reveal the solution to you just as you’re falling asleep. If you don’t get it down, it’ll be buried by morning. So I wake myself up enough to dictate some notes and close my eyes. Either I’ll fall asleep now peacefully or I’ll get the next idea and this could rinse and repeat for a while. But in the end, I’m always glad I did it. #WritingLife #Writing #Plot #amwriting #WritingPlot #firstdraft #PlotHole #writinganovel #writingprocess #hypnogogia...2024-07-2000 minCreativity UpliftI love pantsing as a writer because it allows me to be as surprised by the unfolding story as I w...I love pantsing as a writer because it allows me to be as surprised by the unfolding story as I write it as the reader is when they read it. #Writing #Plot #Pantsing #plottingvspantsing #WritingLife #CreativeLife #WritingANovel #fyp #foryou #WritingAdvice #WritingTips #writinganovel #susandirende2024-07-1801 minCreativity UpliftNothing makes me get off social media faster than feeling like I’m being played. The push to make...Nothing makes me get off social media faster than feeling like I’m being played. The push to make posts that generate interest in a topic only to then force you to read the caption to find out what it is, often burying the information way down on the bottom of caption just to keep you watching longer… It’s a theft of my time. There’s no respect for the value of my attention. It turns me into a mark being conned, and it pi**es me off. It not only makes me scroll past, it makes me close the app...2024-07-1600 minCreativity Uplift“Aim yourself like an arrow and let go.” This is one of my favorite quotes. It’s by Leonardo da V...“Aim yourself like an arrow and let go.” This is one of my favorite quotes. It’s by Leonardo da Vinci, the original Renaissance man. He did everything, and he did it with focus, curiosity, and without regard to what other people thought. #Creativity #LeonardoDaVinci #DaVinci #RenaissanceMan #RenaissanceWoman #JackOfAllTrades #artist #ArtistLife #CreativeInspiration #Coaching #ArtistCoaching #ArtistEncouragement #Encouragement #Author #Writinglife #Writer #WomenWriters #WomanWriter #womencreators #womancreator #womenwritersofinstagram #WritingCommunity #lifeasanartist #over60 #awriterslife #artistlife #quote #quotes #quotesoftheday #quoteoftheday2024-07-1400 minCreativity UpliftThat feeling in the middle of creating that feels so heavy, when it feels like your great idea is...That feeling in the middle of creating that feels so heavy, when it feels like your great idea is turning out embarrassingly bad, that is the starting point for your best work. ##CreativeJourney##ArtisticProcess##StorytellingStruggles##CreativeStruggle##ArtistsLife##OvercomingArtBlocks##CreativeInspiration##TheArtistsWay##Storytellers##FromFailureToArt2024-07-1201 minCreativity UpliftCreativity isn’t an intellectual exercise, but an emotional one, so using the tools of discipline...Creativity isn’t an intellectual exercise, but an emotional one, so using the tools of discipline to try to get more work done might be really counterproductive rather than helpful. A clockwork has to be consistent and regular. But creation, invites chance and random variation that, while anathema to a functioning machine is the very heart of cultural growth. Be the petri dish for your ideas and ignore the stopwatch timing your performance. #Creativity #discipline #creativeencouragement #CreativeNourishment #CreativityHack #CreativeGrowth #fyp #creativelife #creativelifestyle #creativityuplift #susandirende #wisewomen #inspiration #foryou #wednesdaywisdom2024-07-1001 minCreativity UpliftSeeking out novel experiences is an act of pre-creation, important to keeping my work fresh and m...Seeking out novel experiences is an act of pre-creation, important to keeping my work fresh and my outlook broad instead of narrow. #Creativity #NovelExperience #NovelExperiences #DoingNewThings #CreativeNourishment #CreativityHack #CreativeGrowth #fyp #creativelife #creativelifestyle #creativityuplift2024-07-0801 minCreativity UpliftIf you write plot driven stories, things for your main character have to go from bad to worse. Do...If you write plot driven stories, things for your main character have to go from bad to worse. Don’t leave “bad enough“ alone because you feel sorry for them. You are the secret villain behind their misery, never letting their best efforts be enough. Tease with small victories only to torture them with a bigger fall. They’re not innocent puppies where that would be cruelty. They’re your freaking hero-to-be, so make them earn it. #Plot #PlotDrivenStory #PlotDrivenStories #WritingPlot #WritingTip #WritingTips #WritersOfTikTok #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfTikTok #fyp #writingadvice #foryou2024-07-0600 minCreativity UpliftMy personal hack for figuring out your purpose or golden life, is to see myself as the doyenne — ...My personal hack for figuring out your purpose or golden life, is to see myself as the doyenne — the most respected woman — field or endeavor of life. Imagine you are the most respected woman in some arena. What would your title be? #Goalsetting #Dreams #KnowWhatYouWant #Success #Succeeding #LifeGoal #LifeGoals #DefineSuccess #DefineSuccessForYourself #DefineYourself #findyourpurpose #doyenne2024-07-0401 minCreativity UpliftThe perfect gift for a fantasy reader who loves Terry Pratchett, or reads a lot of mythology acco...The perfect gift for a fantasy reader who loves Terry Pratchett, or reads a lot of mythology according to – not me – but the sci-fi and fantasy magazine, Locus. #lastminutegift #givebooksforchristmas #bookgiftideas #fantasybooktokers #BookGift #Booktok #buybooks #FantasyBook #fantasyrea #fantasyreaders #fantasyreadersoftiktok #BestFantasy2023 #readertok2024-07-0200 minCreativity UpliftDo my mirror neurons activate when I’m with my dog? #MirrorNeuron #MirrorNeurons #Dogs #DogsMakeM...Do my mirror neurons activate when I’m with my dog? #MirrorNeuron #MirrorNeurons #Dogs #DogsMakeMeHappy #DogHappiness #Mood #AnimalReels.2024-06-3000 minCreativity UpliftOvercoming negativity that’s in your way usually involves brain pathways that are very robust fr...Overcoming negativity that’s in your way usually involves brain pathways that are very robust from a lifetime of use. You can’t just erase those pathways. You have to cooperate. You have to keep the pathway and change the thought that down it. This is one of the fundamental uses of affirmations. Not to ask the universe for a new car, or promotion, but to rewrite the limiting beliefs stand in the way of actions that would result in you having that car, that job, that success. #s#successn#negativityp#positivityN#NegativeSelfTalkP#PositiveSelfTalkN#NeuroplasticN#NeuroplasticP#PowerOfThoughtP#PowerOfThoughtsI#ImposterSyndrome2024-06-2802 minCreativity UpliftWhat two kinds of people do you divide the world into? #wordgames #twokindsofpeople #TwoTypesOfPe...What two kinds of people do you divide the world into? #wordgames #twokindsofpeople #TwoTypesOfPeople #ThisOrThatGame2024-06-2600 minCreativity UpliftHoping to hack my way past Art Journal Incompleteness Syndrome by using home made journals made f...Hoping to hack my way past Art Journal Incompleteness Syndrome by using home made journals made for next to nothing from old books and dollar store notebooks. #Artist #ArtistOfTikTok #ArtistsOfTikTok #ArtJournal #ArtJournalHack #DIY #DIYJournal #artjournaling #diyartjournal #artjournalideas #fyp #foryourpage #creatives #arthacks #hacksandtips #impostorsyndrome2024-06-2401 minCreativity UpliftExpensive fancy art journals are just too intimidating for me so I’m making a homemade journal ou...Expensive fancy art journals are just too intimidating for me so I’m making a homemade journal out of a hardback book. I’m hoping it allows me to feel more casual about experimenting. I mean I’ve already ruined the book so I don’t have to aim for a beautiful artifact. I don’t know why it’s easier to try to make something out of a ruin instead of living up to a beautiful hardbound journal with quality paper but there it is… #A#ArtJournalH#HomemadeArtJournalD#DIYJournalH#HomemadeJournalD#DIYA#ArtistJ#JournalC#CreativeJournalC#CreativeJournalingA#ArtistOfTikTokCreativityHack2024-06-2200 minCreativity UpliftWhen you meet a stranger, who had the same reactions and responses to a book that you had, that c...When you meet a stranger, who had the same reactions and responses to a book that you had, that connection makes it feel like you know them. It’s like their family in a way. There should be a word for that feeling. I came up with bookinship, but maybe there’s a better word. What do you think it should be? #booktok #book #booklover #bookliver #bookliver #bookmeeting #sharingbooks #readersoftiktok #bookfan #neologism2024-06-2000 minCreativity UpliftEither/or thinking traps, the creative imagination, prevents it from birthing novel ideas and for...Either/or thinking traps, the creative imagination, prevents it from birthing novel ideas and forms. ##Artist##Writer##Creator##Creative##Creativity##artistsoftiktok ##writersoftiktok##CreativesOfTikTok##ArtistLife##WritersLife##CreativeLife##CreativeHappyLife##CreativeLifestyle##Novelty##Inspiration##noveltyinspiration##Exploration##NovelExperience##nonbinarythotprocess2024-06-1800 minCreativity UpliftMy Art Retreat Process #art #artist #Miniatures #Paintings #TinyArt #TinyPaintings #MarkerArt #Sh...My Art Retreat Process #art #artist #Miniatures #Paintings #TinyArt #TinyPaintings #MarkerArt #SharpieArt #ArtOfTheDay #beinganartist #OriginalArt #FineArt #OriginalArtwork #Arte #DailyArt #ArtDaily #DailyPractice #tuscany #Creativity #artretreat #artistretreat #artistresidency2024-06-1602 minCreativity UpliftSo mind-blown by this part of the fantastic Locus Magazine review of Knife Witch. “It’s a beach r...So mind-blown by this part of the fantastic Locus Magazine review of Knife Witch. “It’s a beach read for all us geeks who grew up with a copy of Bulfinch’s Mythology in one hand and a Terry Pratchett novel in the other, with a History Channel documentary on Blackbeard or the PBS’s Power of Myth playing in the background, for company. In fact, this reader would go as far as to assert that Knife Witch is the book for all the readers who felt unseen as they tore their way through Treasure Island, or any of those books, f...2024-06-1400 minCreativity UpliftAnd one of the things when I turn 60 as I’ve visited all the places that ever lived in my life to...And one of the things when I turn 60 as I’ve visited all the places that ever lived in my life to gather the memories in sift through them. My visit to Williamsburg, where I went to college was a real surprise because the turmoil of emotions I put myself through mostly wanting things that I was sure I couldn’t have even before I tried, had evaporated over the years, not leaving the least residue. #lifelessons #memoir #artistlife #artist #writer #memory #lifejourney #nomadiclife #over60 #over60women #lookingbackatlife2024-06-1200 minCreativity UpliftHow to be here on social media as a celebrant of the creative spark, this mosaic of humanity, all...How to be here on social media as a celebrant of the creative spark, this mosaic of humanity, all our graces and all our failings on display. #Creativity #MillionsOfCats #wisdom #philosophytok #insight #fyp #freshperspective #unlockcreativity #hero #perspectives #artisticvision #gainingperspective #artist #artistlife #CreativeInspiration #coaching #ArtistCoaching #ArtistEncouragement #Encouragement #writersoftiktok #Writer ##ImposterComplex #Motivation #ArtistMotivation #artistsoftiktok #fyp #fypage #WiseWords #ArtistInspiration #WritingInspiration #WriterWisdom #CreativityMaster #Growth #WiseWomen #DailyInspiration #DailyWisdom #Inspiration #writersofinstagram #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #socialmedia2024-06-1003 minCreativity UpliftIf you write stories, Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse is at the top of my must read list...If you write stories, Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse is at the top of my must read list. Not because it tells you how to structure a story, but how to conceive of the heroes transformation in whatever story you write. ##writing##philosophy##philosophytok##culture##infinitegame##finitegame##finiteandinfinitegames##writertalk##writertok ##everydayinspiration##insight##fyp##freshperspective##unlockcreativity##hero##herosjourney##artisticvision##JamesCarse##CreativeInspiration##CreativeGrowth##CreativeJourney##creativejourneytiktok##transformation2024-06-0801 minCreativity UpliftNo featherdusting! (A particularly egregious example of telling-not-showing). #featherdusting #st...No featherdusting! (A particularly egregious example of telling-not-showing). #featherdusting #story #storystructure #Writing #WritingIdeas #StoryIdeas #HowIWrite #WritingProcess #MyWritingProcess #pantser #MyProcess #Writinglife #creativeprocess #Imagination #FYP #WritingCoach #womenwriters #WomanWriter, #WomenWritersOfTikTok #Writingcommunity #WritersOfTikTok #CreativeWriter #playwright #playwriting #fictionwriting #writingtips #writingtip #writingtipsandtricks2024-06-0601 minCreativity UpliftTo get your conflict-writing muscles warmed up, put two characters in a situation, each of them w...To get your conflict-writing muscles warmed up, put two characters in a situation, each of them wanting something different and encountering resistance. Then see how it plays out. #Writing #WritingStories #Writer #WritingResponse #Writingcommunity #WritingAdvice #WritingConflict #writingtips #writingadvice #writinglife #WritingPlot #PlotTip #PlotTips #WritingTipsAndTricks.#WritersOfInstagram #WritersOnInstagram #WritersOnWriting #Womenwrite #WritingcommunityOfInstagram #Writingcommunity #pantser #PlotStructure #WriterHabits #WritingAdvice #writersoftiktok #Instawrite2024-06-0400 minCreativity UpliftAnd agreeable nature can be a block sometimes in writing fiction, because a necessary part of the...And agreeable nature can be a block sometimes in writing fiction, because a necessary part of the growth of your main character is enduring and overcoming difficulties even disasters and you might find it easier to make things easy on them rather than hard. #Writing #Writer #WritingStories #WritingConflict #Conflict #agreeableness #AgreeablenessTrait #Creativity #CreativeStrength #masterclass #writingmasterclass #CreativityUplift #Uplift #fyp #writinglife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #Advice #transformationtuesday #transformation2024-06-0201 minCreativity UpliftThe children’s book, Millions of Cats, suddenly made sense to me as an adult as a metaphor for al...The children’s book, Millions of Cats, suddenly made sense to me as an adult as a metaphor for all the wonders of social media, and the limitations of attention that each individual human has. I may not be able to have all the wonderful things I see on the web, but I can enjoy belonging to a world where these things come into being magically out of nothing, but thin air and imagination. ##WorldWideWeb##Creativity##MillionsOfCats##Philosophy##CreativePhilosophy##Artist##Creative##Artists##Creatives##Wisdom##FYP##ForYourPage##susandirende##Epiphany##Metaphor##livingstories2024-05-3103 minCreativity UpliftIf you want to make money from your art by creating products online with it, let your own prefere...If you want to make money from your art by creating products online with it, let your own preferences direct you to what you should make. That way you’ll have stuff that you like, and use with your artwork on it. And because it’s something you use yourself, chances are, you’ll make things that other people will like as well. #PrintOnDemand #POD #Artist #Artist #Monetizing #Monetization #CreateAStore #MarketingArt #YourArt #SellingArtwork #YourDesign #YourDesigns #WhatToSell2024-05-2901 minCreativity UpliftThe description of the road to hell in Dante’s Inferno makes me think of the artist’s struggle to...The description of the road to hell in Dante’s Inferno makes me think of the artist’s struggle to build a platform on social media. #dante #dantesinferno #impostorsyndrome #impostersyndrome #impostercomplex #impostorcomplex #beatingimpostersyndrome #artistlife #writinglife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #Advice #AdviceForArtists #AdviceForCreatives #Wisdom #wednesdaywisdom #creativeself #creativelivingsolutions #innercritic #mentalhealth #freeyourfire #metaphorforlife #SocialMedia #lifebalance #socialmediabalance #socialmedialifestyle #FYP2024-05-2701 minCreativity UpliftSharing some of my recent thoughts about art. #Creativity #artist #artistlife #artistsoftiktok #C...Sharing some of my recent thoughts about art. #Creativity #artist #artistlife #artistsoftiktok #CreativeInspiration #coaching #ArtistCoaching #ArtistEncouragement #Encouragement #author #writersoftiktok #Writer #philosophy #philosophytiktok #philosophyofart #ArtistMotivation #artistsoftiktok #fyp #fypage hy#WiseWords #Wisdom #ArtistInspiration #WritingInspiration #WriterWisdom #CreativityMaster #Growth #WiseWomen #DailyInspiration #DailyWisdom #Inspiration #writersofinstagram #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle2024-05-2505 minCreativity UpliftEverything you make is a miracle of creation. The story or the painting or the flower arrangement...Everything you make is a miracle of creation. The story or the painting or the flower arrangement on the table. All of them are the product of something ineffable, whether you call it imagination, spirit, or consciousness. #transformation #Creativity #artist #artistlife #CreativeInspiration #coaching #ArtistCoaching #ArtistEncouragement #Encouragement #author #AuthorsOfTikTok #writersoftiktok #Writer ##ImposterComplex #Motivation #ArtistMotivation #artistsoftiktok #fyp #fypage .#WiseWords #Wisdom #ArtistInspiration #WritingInspiration #WriterWisdom #CreativityMaster #Growth #WiseWomen #DailyInspiration #DailyWisdom #Inspiration #writersofinstagram #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle2024-05-2301 minCreativity UpliftXeno’s Paradox explains why art is never finished only abandoned. It was meant as a sendup of a c...Xeno’s Paradox explains why art is never finished only abandoned. It was meant as a sendup of a certain school of philosophical thought in ancient Greece. But there’s some truth in the absurd thought experiment that can help artist let go of perfectionism, since the perfect can never be reached. #ZenosParadox #xenosparadox #Perfectionism #PerfectionismProblems #GetItDone #ArtIsNeverFinished#NeverFinished #ArtIsNeverFinishedOnlyAbandoned #ArtisticProcess #ArtistLife #ArtistLife #artistoftiktok #artistsoftiktok #painting #Painter #Artist #PaintersLife #PaintingLife #CreativesOfTikTok #xeno #zeno2024-05-0701 minCreativity UpliftNegative emotions are easy. Anger fear — there’s a single area in the brain where if you stimulat...Negative emotions are easy. Anger fear — there’s a single area in the brain where if you stimulate that spot you trigger the emotion. But positive emotions - feelings of joy, Humor, enthusiasm - these are patchworks of activity coordinated in the brain. So give yourself a break if you find negativity easier than maintaining positivity. #Creativity #Creative #CreativityUplift #CreativeProcess #Philosophy #PhilosophyTok #PhilosophyTalk #PhilosophyOfArt #creativeprocesses #CreativeFlow #GiveYourselfABreak #Emotion. #Emotions #Positivity #creativepositivity #creatorsoftiktok #ArtistOfTikTok #WritersOfTikTok #FYP2024-05-0501 minCreativity Upliftlove a good first sentence because it tells me that for the next 3- 4- 500 pages I’m in for a gre...love a good first sentence because it tells me that for the next 3- 4- 500 pages I’m in for a great ride. Martha Wells is one of my heroes because she does it with skill, and also with a good bit of humor. And humor is essential for me.#marthawells #serpentsea #booktok #booktoker #amreading #amreadingfantasy #FYP #Funny #FantasyWriter #FantasyWriters #Writinglife #author #authorsofinstagram2024-05-0300 minCreativity UpliftEmotional regulation and not mental rigor is the key to becoming more consistent showing up for t...Emotional regulation and not mental rigor is the key to becoming more consistent showing up for the creative process. #Creativity #CreativeProcess #DailyPractice #DailyCreativity #ShowingUp #Paintings #Writing #WritingTips #AuthorTok #creativeinspiration #fyp #inspiration #motivation #creativemotivation2024-05-0101 minCreativity UpliftButterflies were symbols of the soul in Greek mythology. I think that every time I see them flutt...Butterflies were symbols of the soul in Greek mythology. I think that every time I see them fluttering in the fields makes me happy. #Butterflies #Soul #Soulful #Symbol #symbols #symbolic #butterfly #wisdom #mondaymeditation #mondaymindfulness #philosophytiktok #philosophytok2024-04-2900 minCreativity UpliftThe ability to hold on to hope even after all hope is lost- that may be the essential quality of ...The ability to hold on to hope even after all hope is lost- that may be the essential quality of the hero. Live or die, they never give up on hope. It isn’t any special ability or their victory that makes us love them. It’s that they model for us the prime essential for a heroic life: Hope.2024-04-2701 minCreativity UpliftThe discipline part of yourself that organizes your creative space and gets you to the table isn’...The discipline part of yourself that organizes your creative space and gets you to the table isn’t the part that knows how to paint, write, or create. But the part of you doesn’t relinquish control easily. Only once it fails and throws down the pen or the paintbrush in disgust can the genuine, generative creative process begin. ##Creativity##CreativeProcess##Flow##CreativeInspiration##WorkingArtist##ArtistWork##findinginspiration##FindingInspirationAsAnArtist##ArtistInspiration##CreativeWorkflow##artistsonartandotherthings##WritersOnWriting##WritingCommunity##WritersOntiktok##authortok##myprocess##howiwrite#h#howicreatef#fyp2024-04-2501 min
Arts To Hearts PodcastImposter Syndrome: One habit every artist must adopt to get rid of it |Susan diRende|This week on the Arts to Hearts podcast, we have Susan diRende as our guest. Susan has led a very fascinating life to say the least. Apart from being a painter, she has also been a teacher, has made some films as a writer, and spent a few years in real estate as well as a theatre company. Her books include ‘Knife Witch’, a fantasy adventure, and Unpronounceable, a sci-fi/fantasy farce. Susan continues to remind us that age indeed is just a number, and you can pursue your dreams as long as your heart is in it. She did vari...2024-04-2559 minCreativity UpliftThe model from people like Thoreau on how committed we should be to our work to the exclusion of ...The model from people like Thoreau on how committed we should be to our work to the exclusion of the external world is based on a self-reliance lie. Thoreau had a mother and a sister who cooked his meals and did his household chores. Don’t let people who have servants and no responsibility define your work ethic. ##ImpostorComplex##ImposterSyndrome##selfreliance##Thoreau##WorkEthic##Creativity##CreativeWork##Artist##Writer##WritersLife##Writinglife##ArtistLife##wednesdaywisdom##RidingCommunity##WritingTruth##CreativeLife##GiveYourselfABreak2024-04-2300 minCreativity UpliftThink you’re too old to be an author or artist? Mary Wesley, one of my heroes, was 70 when she wr...Think you’re too old to be an author or artist? Mary Wesley, one of my heroes, was 70 when she wrote and published her first novel. It’s not too late. It’s never too late. ###writertok##writertoker##writertokfyp##marywesley##nevertoolate##authorsoftiktok##artistsoftiktok##writersoftiktok##writinglife##creativelife##toolate##booktok2024-04-2100 minCreativity UpliftWhat nobody tells you about working every day as an artist or a writer is that you also have to k...What nobody tells you about working every day as an artist or a writer is that you also have to know when to stop. Stopping before you’ve depleted your energy. Stopping so that you actually feel excited about continuing. In forcing yourself to put it off, the next day you are itching to get back to it. #Artist #ArtistLife #ArtistLife #CreativeProcess #Creative #Creatives #howtobeanartist #artistoftiktokfyp #artistontiktok #ArtistOfInstagram #Writer #WriterTok #DailyTask #dailytasks #dailytasksfortheyear #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #CreativesOfTikTok #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #ArtistCommunity #ArtistLifestyle #fypage #foryou #dance #metaphor #mondaymotivation #motivationmonday2024-04-1901 minCreativity UpliftMy life as a writer and artist transformed the year I discovered the power of a small, finite dai...My life as a writer and artist transformed the year I discovered the power of a small, finite daily task to give a foundation to my life as a creator. I posted other reels about how and why to set up this transformative habit for one’s life as a creator. This reel is for those of you who want to know how I structure my life as an artist to be more creative and more content. I This real is less about providing information and more about opening a window into what that looks like as I struggle with my...2024-04-1705 minCreativity UpliftI came up with the phrase “claw machine of life” when I was trying to explain to somebody about b...I came up with the phrase “claw machine of life” when I was trying to explain to somebody about being an artist, and putting my work out in the world. My friend laughed and kind of got it, the frustration with the lack of total control, but also the enticement of the prize is waiting. If you could just have a little bit of luck, and so I thought I would share it. #fyp #philosophy #philosophytiktok #creativity #writer #writertokfyp #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #CreativesOfTikTok #ArtistLife #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #ArtistCommunity #ArtistLifestyle2024-04-1500 minCreativity UpliftThe cure for imposter syndrome exhaustion is doing one “something” every day. If you’re exhausted...The cure for imposter syndrome exhaustion is doing one “something” every day. If you’re exhausted by your doubts, you might only be able to do a very small something and for a while do ONLY that small something. Then stop. Because if you manage to take a teeny tiny step toward your art every day, you will deflate the enormity of the imposter complex, and turn it into a manageable helper, who keeps you from getting complacent. #impostorsyndrome #impostersyndrome #impostercomplex #impostorcomplex #beatingimpostersyndrome #artistlife #writinglife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #Advice #AdviceForArtists #AdviceForCreatives #Wisdom #wednesdaywisdom #creativeself #creativelivingsolutions #innercritic #dailypractice #freeyourfire #daily2024-04-1301 minCreativity UpliftAd hominem: directing attacks at a person rather than their position or ideas. I know social med...Ad hominem: directing attacks at a person rather than their position or ideas. I know social media is a wild west free-speech territory, but self-appointed gunslingers who feel like they can take pot shots at other people are not welcome in my comments. Argue with me all you want. Attack my ideas. But the minute I think that you’re attacking somebody as a person in the comments, I’m gonna block you. I’m not gonna enable that in my feed. Just letting you know. #comments #adhominem #socialmedia #trolling #commentmoderator #bekind #censoring #socialmediamanners2024-04-1100 minCreativity UpliftThe heartbeat of plot is the scene. There’s a character in a situation, a conflict or problem ari...The heartbeat of plot is the scene. There’s a character in a situation, a conflict or problem arises, then whatever it is gets handled. Each problem, once handled, whether solved or shifted, results in a new situation with a new problem making a new scene. String a bunch together - Problem —problem handled —problem—Problem handled - and you’ve got the two-cylinder engine of plot. Now, if you want the tension to build, instead of handling each problem in a sequence, pack it into another bigger problem that has to be resolved first. Then another and another until you’ve got...2024-04-0901 minCreativity UpliftI’m thinking about starting a YouTube channel so I started watching YouTube videos for worked, an...I’m thinking about starting a YouTube channel so I started watching YouTube videos for worked, and what didn’t. I noticed how they hook you with a topic and then drone on and on about sidetracks always teasing that they’re going to tell you the thing you want to hear but are taking forever to get to it. It was driving me crazy. And then I learned you need 4,000 hours of approved watch time to qualify for monetization. (And that a lot of legit viewing apparently is not counted by the algorithm if it comes in a big spike...2024-04-0701 minCreativity UpliftThere are some natural rough spots in any endeavor, almost like it’s a law of nature and follows ...There are some natural rough spots in any endeavor, almost like it’s a law of nature and follows more or less the pattern of the musical scale. Do re mi fa so la ti do. Starting, sounding the “do,” everybody knows is hard. But what a lot of people don’t know is once you get started you feel good and everything going swimmingly for a while. And then, suddenly it all feels like it’s not working. You think maybe it’s a bad idea or you’re not doing it right. But it’s simply that you’ve hit the halfton...2024-04-0501 minCreativity Uplift“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” – W Somer...“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” – W Somerset Maugham #Creativity #Writing #NovelWriting #Writer #writersoftictok #CreatorsOfTikTok #Creatives #Creative #Artist #ArtistOfTictok #3Rules #RulesForWriting #WritingRules #WritingTips #creativetips #TipsAndTricks #CreativeLife #ArtistLife #RiderLife #WritersLife #ImposterComplex2024-04-0300 minCreativity UpliftHumans only perceive a minuscule fraction of the activity of the universe. And as a writer of fan...Humans only perceive a minuscule fraction of the activity of the universe. And as a writer of fantasy and science-fiction, I feel, I have responsibility to expand the awareness and of the everything out there as I tell my stories. #fantasy #fantasywriter #fantasywriting #writing #writingcharacters #nature #plantslover #plantsmakepeoplehappy #naturewonder #plantcommunication #organicwonders #authortalk #authortok #fyp #didyouknow #didyouknowthis #worldbuilding #amwriting #thinkingabout #writer #author #authorsoftiktok #writersofinstagram #fantasywritersoftiktok2024-04-0101 minCreativity UpliftDon’t let the naysayers dim you lights. #Artist #Inspiration #CreativeInspiration #Painter #Write...Don’t let the naysayers dim you lights. #Artist #Inspiration #CreativeInspiration #Painter #Writer #ImposterComplex #JackOfAllTrades #MultiTalented #artistontiktok #artistoftiktok #creatorontiktok #CreativesOfInstagram #writerontiktok , #writersoftiktok #Over60 #ArtistLife #ArtistLife #CreativeLife #CreativeLiving #CreativeImpulse #creativevision #MultiTalented2024-03-3001 minCreativity UpliftSerendipity will surprise you often if you keep your mind open for it when things go wrong. #sere...Serendipity will surprise you often if you keep your mind open for it when things go wrong. #serendipity #stingingnettles #mint #luck #lucky #generateserendipity #lucknow #openness #opennesstoexperience #opennessleadstopossibility #findingtheway #fyp #art #wisewords #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #Creativity2024-03-2801 minCreativity UpliftOne way to think about the difference between art and creativity, for its own sake, versus art ai...One way to think about the difference between art and creativity, for its own sake, versus art aimed for marketplace success, and recognition is to recognize them as games played for very different purposes. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning: publication, sales, awards. An infinite game is played for the purpose of keeping the game going. ##art##creativity##marketing##artmarketing##writing##philosophy##philosophytok##culture##infinitegame##finitegame##finiteandinfinitegames##writertalk##writertok ##everydayinspiration##insight##fyp##freshperspective##unlockcreativity##myprocess ##artisticvision##JamesCarse##CreativeInspiration##CreativeGrowth##CreativeJourney##creativejourneytiktok##Artistry##CreativeLife##ArtistLife2024-03-2602 minCreativity UpliftI figured out my goal in life when I was four years old: to be one of the happy old ladies. #Happ...I figured out my goal in life when I was four years old: to be one of the happy old ladies. #Happiness #HappyLife #Goals #lifegoal #lifegoals #philosophytiktok #philosophyoflife #lifelessons #lifelesson #wednesdaywisdom #wisdom #lifewisdom #oldladyontiktok #oldladywisdom2024-03-2400 minCreativity UpliftInspiration can be found in the simplest things. Novelty is seeing the familiar with new eyes. #t...Inspiration can be found in the simplest things. Novelty is seeing the familiar with new eyes. #tuesdaymorning #inspiration #ArtInspiration #Novelty #Artist #Artist #Writer #Writers #writertalk #writertok #seewithneweyes #everydayinspiration #insight #fyp #freshperspective #unlockcreativity #myprocess #beauty #seeingbeauty #artisticvision2024-03-2200 minCreativity UpliftNourish your creativity by learning to stay with the anxiety of uncertainty, rather than deciding...Nourish your creativity by learning to stay with the anxiety of uncertainty, rather than deciding some thing, anything, just to have it in the rearview mirror. #Creativity #CreativeSpirit #CreatorsOfTiktok #Artist #ArtistOfTikTok #Creator, #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #BestLife #MondayMotivation #Advice #CreativeAdvice #AdviceForArtists #AdviceToArtists2024-03-2001 minCreativity UpliftMaybe I’m just not a spiritual person. Actually, that’s the premise of a book of mine coming out ...Maybe I’m just not a spiritual person. Actually, that’s the premise of a book of mine coming out next year from @Oghma Creative Media , called The Dog Path to Enlightenment. Still, the benefits of meditation have been documented in studies about physical health, psychological health. And so while I don’t call it meditation, I do sit still, and breathe to the count of 50 breaths. #Meditation #Spirituality #Breathing #CountingBreaths #Writinglife #WritingLifestyle #CreativeLife #SpiritualPractice #SpiritualPractices #MondayMeditation #ForYou #ForYouPage #fypage2024-03-1801 minCreativity Upliftlly spoke the words out loud. So a character with the ability to read, microscopic, facial moveme...lly spoke the words out loud. So a character with the ability to read, microscopic, facial movement or energy would be able to actually read, every thought that went through a person’s head without the telepath’s unpleasant side effect of having to listen to the random thoughts of the whole world. #FantasyWriting #FantasyCharacter #FantasyNovel #AmWriting #AmWritingFantasy #WritingFantasy #CreatingCharacters #CharacterStudy #WritersOfTiktok #AuthorTalk #AuthorsOfTikTok. #authortok #authortokfyp2024-03-1601 minCreativity UpliftNothing grounds me and helps me sort through my chaotic thoughts like a physical journal. There’s...Nothing grounds me and helps me sort through my chaotic thoughts like a physical journal. There’s so many things that I love about writing on the computer. I don’t know if I could’ve been a writer in the days before non-linear editing became possible thanks to computers. But I also find that the very ears of digital writing gets in the way of the core benefit of journaling my way through my struggles. #Writing #Journaling #JournalWriting #JournalBooks #WritingAjournal #WritingJournals #writinglife #Writingcommunity #Selfdiscovery #wednesdaywisdom2024-03-1400 minCreativity Upliftr #Writing #WritingTip #writingtips #CharlieChaplin #TheGreatDictator #Quotes #Writing” #quotati...r #Writing #WritingTip #writingtips #CharlieChaplin #TheGreatDictator #Quotes #Writing” #quotations1 #sundayreset #writingcommunity #fantasy #fantasywriting #fantasyvillain #writingvillains #writingavillain #writingcharacters2024-03-1201 minCreativity UpliftWhat would happen in your writing, your art, your life even if you viewed rules as simply a start...What would happen in your writing, your art, your life even if you viewed rules as simply a starting point? The track where you board the train of creative endeavor going somewhere new. The tee that holds up the germ of your idea for the driver of your imagination to hit into the distance. Rules become something you go to to launch, not someplace you deliver yourself and your work to. #Writing #Creativity #Art #Inspiration #Rules #BreakingRules #rulesoflife #tuesdaymotivation #rulebreaker #creativelife #writingadvice #writingtips #philosophy #philosophyofart2024-03-1000 minCreativity UpliftBeware taking advice on your writing too literally. Too linearly. Always be learning and listenin...Beware taking advice on your writing too literally. Too linearly. Always be learning and listening to critiques, but hand over those things to your imaginative, unconscious and trust that they will bloom there and percolate into your writing. ##writing##rewriting##storystructure##plot##plotstructure##writingadvice##writeradvice##writingadvicefromwriters##writingtips##writingtip##author##authorsoftiktok##WritingPlot ##ImWriting##Author##amwriting##HowToWrite ##writinglife ##writinglifestyle##writersoftiktok##writingtips##authortok##authortokfyp##booktok##books##authorsoftiktok##author##authorslife##authorphilosophy##writertok##writertoker##writing ##creative##creativity##myphilosophy ##foryoupage2024-03-0801 minCreativity UpliftBeing blocked as an artist is often the result of one of two things: demanding a masterpieces to ...Being blocked as an artist is often the result of one of two things: demanding a masterpieces to justify your efforts or driving your creativity into exhaustion when it does show up. This humble exercise can cure both problems: filling a page with shapes and lines without aiming for product at all and then stopping yourself while you’re still capable of doing more. the corner stone is doing it every day without regard to whether it’s good or great, without having a product that you’re going to finish, without having to find inspiration in some thing before you pi...2024-03-0601 minCreativity UpliftTaking a writer’s walk to integrate ideas into my unconscious that I get from reading and watchin...Taking a writer’s walk to integrate ideas into my unconscious that I get from reading and watching videos. Today I watched an Stanford economics class lecture by Robert Reich and thought, “I can use this for my next book!” BUT… an abstract concept can derail a story. So i walk to try to hand it over to my unconscious. #creativeunconscious #worldbuilding #robertreich #economics #w#writingW#WritingTipsstanford #onlineclass #W#WritingTipW#WritingTipsAndTricksA#AuthorA#AuthorAdviceA#AuthorsOfTikTok#t#thursdaymotivationp#processm#mywritingprocessw#writingprocesss#storytellingc#creativityc#creativewritingh#howtowrite2024-03-0403 minCreativity Uplift“Show Don’t Tell” advice is best applied during the rewrite phase. Don’t let it interfere with ge...“Show Don’t Tell” advice is best applied during the rewrite phase. Don’t let it interfere with getting the story down in the first draft. A lot of the telling you do in the first draft is for you, the writer, as you flesh out the story in your imagination. #showdonttell #writing #WritingTips #Rewriting #WritingTip #WritingTipsAndTricks #Author #AuthorAdvice #AuthorsOfTikTok #thursdaymotivation #process #mywritingprocess #writingprocess #storytelling #creativity #creativewriting #howtowrite #howtowriteabook2024-03-0201 minCreativity UpliftThe secret to a full life is to keep doing novel things. To resist the urge to dismiss experience...The secret to a full life is to keep doing novel things. To resist the urge to dismiss experiences because you pre-judge them as not that interesting or worth your time. If you’ve never done it before, and you have no risk involved beyond expending a little of your time, then do it. It interrupts the headlong hurry of time, if nothing else. It puts a pause, a grace note that prevents the sameness of everyday habit from eliding time into a single vanishing stream. #italy #italiancountryside #emigliaromagna #valditaro #nomad #nomadiclife #wanderer #wanderlust #fyp #philosophy #philosophytiktok #creativesociety #breakfree #authenticity #cr...2024-02-2901 minCreativity UpliftI keep needing to hear my own advice, to remember to trust the process, to know that material suc...I keep needing to hear my own advice, to remember to trust the process, to know that material success is random and that all I have control over is the act of creation. ##authortok##authortokfyp##booktok##books##authorsoftiktok##author##authorslife##authorphilosophy##writertok##writertoker##writing##showingup##authenticity##writinglife##creative##creativity##myphilosophy##creatortiktok##foryoupage##bookcommunity##bookaddict##booklovers##bookshelf##bookaholic##bookreader##bookrecommendation##review##fantasybook##fantasy##fantasybooks##book##booknerd##bookaddict##fantasyauthor##fantasynovel##knifewitch##susandirende2024-02-2701 minCreativity UpliftFront loading happens all the time in the process of writing. Author has to visualize the world b...Front loading happens all the time in the process of writing. Author has to visualize the world before they can send the characters into it. And the characters’ background and motivations need to be worked out to help the writer, direct them through that world. But, that is a writing task that is unnecessary for the reader, and can actually interfere with their enjoyment of the unfolding tale. #frontloading #writing #rewriting #storystructure #plot #plotstructure #writingadvice #writeradvice #writingadvicefromwriters #writingtips #writingtip #author #authorsoftiktok #WritersOfInstagram #WritersOnInstagram #WritingPlot #WritingScenes #ImWriting #Author #amwriting #HowToWrite #WritingLife #faulkner2024-02-2501 minCreativity UpliftFor artistic folks, dragging the weight of working toward recognition and compensation while foll...For artistic folks, dragging the weight of working toward recognition and compensation while following the dancing creative spirit results in lopsided, sometimes clumsy steps down your personal path. Instead of trying so hard to walk upright and glide gracefully, take a page from Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks. #creativity #beauty #montypython #quote #mondaymotivation #advice #creativityadvice #artist #artistsontiktok #creatives #createbeauty #creativejourney #fyp #philosophy #philosophytiktok #creativesociety #breakfree #authenticity #beingreal #creativity #writer #writertokfyp #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #CreativesOfTikTok #ArtistLife #WritersLife2024-02-2301 minCreativity UpliftSaul Bass, a legendary designer in the 60s, had strong ideas about Creativity and Beauty. Search ...Saul Bass, a legendary designer in the 60s, had strong ideas about Creativity and Beauty. Search YouTube and you can find old footage of him talking about it. #creativity #beauty #saulbass #whycreate #quote #mondaymotivation #advice #creativityadvice #artst #artistsontiktok #creatives #createbeauty #inspiration #quotes #creativityquotes2024-02-2100 minCreativity UpliftThis is a trick I learned from watching Bobby McFerrin lead a singing workshop. Our best creative...This is a trick I learned from watching Bobby McFerrin lead a singing workshop. Our best creative ideas can have the stamp of our personal style but that can be a barrier as well as a guide when starting something new. By playing atound with “wrong” or “bad” ideas and then returning to the original version trying to incorporate some of the discoveries from the exploration can bring vitality to your work and grow your creative vocabulary. #Creativity #BobbyMcFerrin #JamesCarse #finiteandinfinitegames #creativityexercise #CreativeInspiration #CreativeGrowth #CreativeJourney #creativejourneytiktok #NoLimits #Artistry #Singing #CreativeLife #ArtistLifeHashtagPerformance #Performing #TheUnexpected #discoveringtalents #susandirende #howtoimprove .2024-02-1901 minCreativity UpliftTravel can inject energy into writing, especially Worldbuilding. #dostoyevski #worldbuilding #wor...Travel can inject energy into writing, especially Worldbuilding. #dostoyevski #worldbuilding #worldbuildingtok #travel #writinglife #expandingconsciousness #writinglifestyle #writersoftiktok #writingtips #authortok #authortokfyp #booktok #books #authorsoftiktok #author #authorslife #authorphilosophy #writertok #writertoker #writing #showingup #creative #creativity #myphilosophy #foryoupage2024-02-1701 minCreativity UpliftIn the quiet of the Italian countryside, birdsong plays in the background all day long. I started...In the quiet of the Italian countryside, birdsong plays in the background all day long. I started thinking about all the fantasies I’ve read where travelers were suddenly alerted to the presence of danger because the birdsong ceased. How I thought, would people really noticed that? Until I came here I wasn’t sure but now I think the sudden quiet would strike you in a city girl like me that something was up. ##birdsong##fantasy##fantasytropes##quiet##italy##italiancountryside##walking##calm##calming##naturesounds##wanderer##nomad##nomadiclife##writer##writertok##writerslife2024-02-1501 minCreativity UpliftTravel is a great teacher on how to face and move past anxieties. The hope and expectation not to...Travel is a great teacher on how to face and move past anxieties. The hope and expectation not to mention the expense of travel means that you’re committed to going, you’re drawn forward, almost inexorably. And so while much that is novel is also anxiety-producing, each step forward brings you new experiences not just of the outer world, but of your inner landscape as the anxieties drop away one by one when you figure out a way through the unknown. #Confidence #Anxiety #OvercomingAnxiety #Freedom #InnerFreedom #Travel #FaceYourFear #FaceYourFears #Nomad #NomadicLife #Wanderlust #Wanderer #OnTheRoad #ServiceDog #TravelWithDogs #InnerWisdom #MondayMotivation.#CreativeConfidence #Buil...2024-02-1302 minCreativity UpliftWho I am shows up in the stories I write so, even though I don’t try to present a philosophy of t...Who I am shows up in the stories I write so, even though I don’t try to present a philosophy of the world, as I’m telling the story, my philosophy comes through. So, if you like the message of my reels, you might really enjoy the way I put together stories and bring them to meaningful conclusion. #authortok #authortokfyp #booktok #books #authorsoftiktok #author #authorslife #authorphilosophy #writertok #writertoker #writing #showingup #authenticity #authenticself #writinglife #creative #creativity #myphilosophy #creatortiktok #foryoupage2024-02-1100 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 37: Creativity Plays with BoundariesThe essence of creativity is the desire to play with the boundaries, the edges, the places where, what is supposedly true or good meets the opposite ideas of falsehood and wrongness. It is not so much aiming to transgress as challenging the definition of transgression because sometimes what is demonized are outmoded blocks to society’s whole-hearted life and growth. Not that society will thank artists for putting its comfortable boundaries into play.2023-06-0600 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 36: Stories as Programs for LivingWhen you write a story, you’re writing a program in some form or other to overwrite the current reality. #fyp #reading #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration \#powerofwords #realityshapers #collectivestories #sharednarratives #transformation #writersunite #perceptionisreality #mindovermatter #fictionisreality #storytellingmagic #perceivedreality #scifiinspired #wordsmiths #redefiningreality #dailywisdom #Writing #WritingIdeas #StoryIdeas #HowIWrite #WritingProcess #MyWritingProcess #MyProcess #Writinglife #creativeprocess #Imagination #WritingCoach #Writingcommunity #WritersOfTikTok #CreativeWriter2023-06-0503 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 35: Creativity Only Cares about Being CreativeCreativity only cares about being creative. If you’re like me and lose the joy of creating when you focus on strategic accomplishments in some competitive pinnacle of success—acclaim or riches or admiration— then maybe you are more gardener than architect. It took me most of my life to realize that my work thrives in a field of wildflower creativity, following my impulses to plant seemingly random seeds, to scatter ideas like dandelion puffs and wander among grasses, where there is no path. I’m not famous or rich and most likely you’ve never heard of me, but if you com...2023-06-0400 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 34: Gaslighting Yourself?Everybody knows gaslighting is bad, but what if you’re gaslighting yourself? #gaslighting #gaslighter #impostorcomplex #creativefreedom #creativeself #Creator #Creative #Creativity #Inspiration #artistsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #CreativesOfTikTok #ArtistLife #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #ArtisticInspiration #WritingInspiration #CreativeInspiration #ImposterSyndrome #artistips #ArtistCommunity #ArtistLifestyle #fyp #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #tuesdaymotivation2023-06-0301 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 33: Baby StepsWhat does it mean when someone tells you to take baby steps? #advice #lifecoach #lifecoaching #lifecoachtips #fyp #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #artistcoach #artistcoaching #self #growth #growthmindset #personalgrowth #lifejourney #babysteps #practice #artistlife #lifejourney #fallingisnotfailing #AdviceForArtists #AdviceForCreatives2023-06-0200 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 32: Claw Machine of LifeI came up with the phrase “claw machine of life” when I was trying to explain to somebody about being an artist, and putting my work out in the world. My friend laughed and kind of got it, the frustration with the lack of total control, but also the enticement of the prize is waiting. If you could just have a little bit of luck, and so I thought I would share it. #fyp #philosophy #philosophytiktok #creativity #writer #writertokfyp #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #CreativesOfTikTok #ArtistLife #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #ArtistCommunity #ArtistLifestyle2023-06-0100 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 31: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quote“For life really to be fun, what you fear should line up with what you desire.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb #quote #quotes #quoteoftheday #taleb #nassimtaleb #fooledbyrandomness #philosophy #philosophytiktok #philisophytok #wisdom #wordstoliveby #fyp2023-05-3100 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 30: Getting Story IdeasHow do I come up with story ideas?Usually I think of phase and go: that’s a title for something. Good titles are invocations, tickets for your imagination to take a ride. The rest is “pantsing.” #Writing #WritingIdeas #StoryIdeas #HowIWrite #WritingProcess #MyWritingProcess #pantser #MyProcess #Writinglife #creativeprocess #Imagination #FYP #WritingCoach #womenwriters #WomanWriter, #WomenWritersOfTikTok #Writingcommunity #WritersOfTikTok #CreativeWriter #FantasyWriter #FemaleFantasyWriter #FantasyWriters #FantasyWritersOfTikTok2023-05-3001 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 29: The Happy Sisyphus SocietyAnyone can join the Albert Camus happy Sisyphus society. All you have to do is find your happiness in the toiling along the path and recognize that the life-altering joys you imagine will be yours on attaining your goal is a mirage. ##Sisyphus##Camus##AlbertCamus##Existential##ExistentialIsm##Existentialist##ArtistPath##ArtistWay##freedom##Philosophy##PhilosophyOfArt##PhilosophyTiktok##ArtistPhilosophy ##Artist##Writer##Creator##Creative##Creativity##artistsoftiktok ##writersoftiktok##CreativesOfTikTok##ArtistLife##WritersLife##CreativeLife##CreativeHappyLife##creativeimagination##CreativeLifestyle##WomenOver60##WomenCreatives##WomenArtists##WomenWritersOftiktok2023-05-2901 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 28: Practice Makes PermanentPractice makes permanent. Even if you practice it perfectly, chances are you’ll evolve to a point where instead of following rules you want to play with them, and then your practiced skill becomes a roadblock to developing beyond it. A way around the limitations of your practice skill is to purposefully break the rules that lead you to develop in the first place. Practice innovating. Make that the new rule and trust yourself to go beyond the boundaries into new territory. ##practice##practicemakesperfect##effort##effortless##creative##Creativity##CreativityEveryDay##creativitymaster##creativityisintelligencehavingfun##Author##Writer##Painter##writersoftiktok ##authorsoftiktok ##WiseWoman##WiseWomen##ThoughtOfTheDay##ArtistCommunity##Ar...2023-05-2801 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 27: The Child You Were; the Artist You AreJudgments we make about ourselves at 4 can have lifelong impact. ##Artist##Writer##Creator##Creative##Creativity##artistsoftiktok ##writersoftiktok##CreativesOfTikTok##ArtistLife##WritersLife##CreativeLife##CreativeHappyLife##creativeimagination##CreativeLifestyle##WomenOver60##WomenCreatives##WomenArtists##WomenWritersOftiktok##OriginStory##artistoriginstories##artistoriginals##childhoodmemories##childhoid##childhoodinfluence##remembering##mylife##myartistlife##mywritinglife##writerslife##memories2023-05-2701 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 26: Value in Painting and WritingStudying value in painting taught me something about my writing. There had to be darkness as well as light in the characters in the story. Otherwise, no matter how pretty the colors, no matter how careful the composition, the overall effect would be flat. #fyp #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #multitalented #dailywisdom #artistsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #CreativesOfTikTok #ArtistLife #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeLifestyle #writingcommunity #ArtisticInspiration #WritingInspiration #CreativeInspiration #ArtistCommunity #ArtistLifestyle #writingtips #Saturday #SaturdayMorning #CreativeAdvice #creativewriting #creativetiktok #interdisciplinary #interdisciplinaryartist #CreativityTip #CreativityTips #ArtistCommunity #CreativeCommunity2023-05-2601 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 25: Doubting Your Creative SelfOne of the biggest barriers to a fully-embraced creative life is the doubt about the value of the creative process voiced in devastating terms by our own inner voice. Thinking some outer success will silence that voice is a trap. Only the doing itself can provide an antidote, rendering doubts and self criticism anodyne. #i#impostorsyndromei#impostersyndromei#impostercomplexi#impostorcomplexb#beatingimpostersyndromea#artistlifew#writinglifeC#CreativeLifeC#CreativeHappyLifeC#CreativeLifestyleA#AdviceA#AdviceForArtistsA#AdviceForCreativesW#Wisdomw#wednesdaywisdomc#creativeselfc#creativelivingsolutionsi#innercriticm#mentalhealthf#freeyourfirem#metaphorforlife2023-05-2501 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 24: Getting Paid for ArtThis is the harsh reality of being an artist antwhere in any time. Getting paid for your work is important for artists, but the idea that you should be able to make a living from your art can be a trap. #fyp #art #culture #artandculture #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #Creativity #Inspiration #artistsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #CreativesOfTikTok #ArtistLife #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #ArtisticInspiration #WritingInspiration #CreativeInspiration #CreativeConsciousness #artistpay #artistwisdom #meaningful #meaningfulart #create #createmeaning #createbeauty #transformative #creativitymaster #creatortok #creatortiktok2023-05-2401 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 23: A Hack for Writing NonfictionI found a way past the massive problem of gathering my information and organizing it for a non-fiction book and that was to break it into small topics. I covered one topic a day and had my first draft in three months. I organized the topics into sections, but kept them as separate units and then I wrote an introduction for each section and voilà. I had a book for publication. ##nonfiction##writingnonfiction##writenonfiction##nonfictionwriters##wannabewriter##writingadvice##WritingTip##MyStory##MyCreativeJourney##HowIWrite ##writersoftiktok##lifetip##writertok##writer##writers##writes##writeradvice##howtowrite##howtowriteabook##mentor##writingmentor##storycraft##storycrafting##writingmethod##writingtok##booktok##tiktokpromote##tiktokpromotechallenge2023-05-2301 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 22: The Writing TightropeSpeaking as a former circus clown learn to walk a tight rope, I can tell you that writing isn’t all that different from wire walking. #fyp #writing #metaphor #wirewalking #tightrope #culture #artandculture #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #Creativity #Inspiration #writersoftiktok #CreativesOfTikTok #ArtistLife #WritersLife #CreativeLife #CreativeHappyLife #CreativeLifestyle #ArtisticInspiration #WritingInspiration #writerwisdom #creativitymaster #tuesday #tuesdaymotivation #writes #writeradvice #howtowrite #howtowriteabook #mentor #writingmentor #storycraft #storycrafting #writingmethod #writingtok2023-05-2201 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 21: A Pantser Not a PlotterIf you’re a pantser like me, writing is risk-taking. You have a starting point for a story and you launch. Racing across the landscape. Making leaps when you come to a dead end. Hope you don’t fall flat on your face. #pantser #pantserwriter #plotstructure #plotquest #writerhabits #writingadvice #WritingTip #MyStory #MyCreativeJourney #HowIWrite #writersoftiktok #lifetip #writertok #writer #writers #writes #writeradvice #howtowrite #howtowriteabook #mentor #writingmentor #storycraft #storycrafting #tiktokpromote #tiktokpromotechallenge #parkour #mentalleaps #creatortok #creatortiktok #writingtok #booktok2023-05-2100 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 20: The Creative UniverseCreativity in the arts is no different from the creativity of the living universe. Creativity is the response to stress, difficulty, uncertainty, and challenge. It prompts experimentation and change, because the status quo is unsatisfactory. The stressors in your life that you lament aren’t in the way of your creativity. They are the fuel of it. ##wisewords##wisdom##wisewomen##DailyInspiration##dailywisdom ##Creativity##Inspiration ##writersoftiktok##CreativesOfTikTok##ArtistLife##WritersLife##CreativeLife##CreativeHappyLife##CreativeLifestyle##ArtisticInspiration##WritingInspiration ##writerwisdom ##creativitymaster##stress##motivation##transformation##growth##growthtiktok2023-05-2001 minCreativity UpliftCreativity Uplift Episode 19: Repetition and CreativityPOVTORENIE MAT UCHENIYA” (repetition is the mother of learning). It’s one of those things that has both wisdom and is a trap. Learning that’s only by wrote can be stifling. But skills that can be applied to a create a task benefit from repetitive practice and mastery. #Aphorism #Sayings #Wisdom #RussianSayings #RussianAphorism #russianlanguage #Creativity #CreativityEveryDay #CreativityQuotes #creativityisintelligencehavingfun #Author #Writer #Painter #WritersOfInstagram #authorsoftiktok #WritersOfTikTok #CreativeTictok #WiseWoman #WiseWomen #ThoughtOfTheDay #ArtistCommunity #ArtistLifestyle #philosophy #CreativeConsciousness #advicequotes #quotes, #quotestoliveby #QuoteOfTheDay2023-05-1900 min