creativity Archives - Cindy Ingram | Artist. Coach. Creative Soul Guide. https://cindyingram.com/tag/creativity/ Art is how we come home. I’ll walk with you. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:46:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/cindyingram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-starburst.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 creativity Archives - Cindy Ingram | Artist. Coach. Creative Soul Guide. https://cindyingram.com/tag/creativity/ 32 32 224594931 Word of the Year Update #4 – How to Conquer the Need to Be Perfect by Creating Garbage https://cindyingram.com/116-create-garbage/ https://cindyingram.com/116-create-garbage/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://cindyingram.com/?p=1318 In this episode, I talk about how I am working to overcome my perfectionism in my art, writing, and business–taking inspiration from Simone Seol’s Garbage Post Challenge (Joyful Marketing Podcast Episode #160) and Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” (in her book Bird by Bird) . Perfectionism stops my creativity in its tracks. In this episode, I […]

The post Word of the Year Update #4 – How to Conquer the Need to Be Perfect by Creating Garbage appeared first on Cindy Ingram | Artist. Coach. Creative Soul Guide..

]]> In this episode, I talk about how I am working to overcome my perfectionism in my art, writing, and business–taking inspiration from Simone Seol’s Garbage Post Challenge (Joyful Marketing Podcast Episode #160) and Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” (in her book Bird by Bird) .

Perfectionism stops my creativity in its tracks. In this episode, I discuss how I have taken these messages to heart by taking time to experiment, to play, and to create without any expectations of the outcome.

When we let go of our need to be perfect, we open ourselves up to our authentic selves, and this is where the magic lies.

Links Mentioned

The post Word of the Year Update #4 – How to Conquer the Need to Be Perfect by Creating Garbage appeared first on Cindy Ingram | Artist. Coach. Creative Soul Guide..

]]> https://cindyingram.com/116-create-garbage/feed/ 0 1318 Word of the Year Update #3 – How I Am Uncovering Long Forgotten Parts of My Artistic Identity https://cindyingram.com/113-artistic-identity/ https://cindyingram.com/113-artistic-identity/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://cindyingram.com/?p=1185 I was talking with my best friend last week about how I can get intimidated and feel “less than” certain confident people who can very easily articulate why they believe a certain thing with facts and figures, societal impact, pros and cons, etc.  I can deeply feel what I believe and what I know to […]

The post Word of the Year Update #3 – How I Am Uncovering Long Forgotten Parts of My Artistic Identity appeared first on Cindy Ingram | Artist. Coach. Creative Soul Guide..

]]> I was talking with my best friend last week about how I can get intimidated and feel “less than” certain confident people who can very easily articulate why they believe a certain thing with facts and figures, societal impact, pros and cons, etc. 

I can deeply feel what I believe and what I know to be true in my body.

My body knows the complexity of the issue, the pros and cons, the impact, but a “feeling of knowing” in my chest is not something I can necessarily bring out in an intelligent way in a conversation about the issues.

My body knows the heart or the essence of the issue, but sometimes I can’t get that knowing to come out of my mouth.

That’s when my friend had a mic drop moment. She asked…

“When has facts and figures ever changed anyone’s mind about anything? It’s the feelings behind it that always drive change.”

🤯🤯🤯

Of course facts and figures aren’t going to make the change.

It’s our humanity that makes the difference.

It’s our connection. Our compassion. Our love.

It’s our desire to express our humanity and our desire to see and be seen, to know and be known.

We need art for that.

This conversation was floating around in my head when my book coach made a suggestion that completely cracked me open.

Hear about that story on this week’s podcast episode, and how I might be starting to call myself gulp a poet.

Links Mentioned

The post Word of the Year Update #3 – How I Am Uncovering Long Forgotten Parts of My Artistic Identity appeared first on Cindy Ingram | Artist. Coach. Creative Soul Guide..

]]> https://cindyingram.com/113-artistic-identity/feed/ 2 1185 Word of the Year Update #2 – How do I handle the highs and lows of creativity? https://cindyingram.com/word-of-the-year-update-2-how-do-i-handle-the-highs-and-lows-of-creativity/ https://cindyingram.com/word-of-the-year-update-2-how-do-i-handle-the-highs-and-lows-of-creativity/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://cindyingram.com/?p=1070 How do you handle the highs and lows of creativity? Creativity can be exhausting. Sometimes, you just don’t want to show up to create. What happens when you don’t feel creative? What do you do when you just don’t want to create? My 2023 Word of the Year is Artist. Listen to learn how I’m […]

The post Word of the Year Update #2 – How do I handle the highs and lows of creativity? appeared first on Cindy Ingram | Artist. Coach. Creative Soul Guide..

]]> How do you handle the highs and lows of creativity?

Creativity can be exhausting. Sometimes, you just don’t want to show up to create.

What happens when you don’t feel creative? What do you do when you just don’t want to create?

My 2023 Word of the Year is Artist. Listen to learn how I’m showing up when the creativity doesn’t flow easily.

Thoughts on being an artist this week after a few tortured days. Showing up for my practice even when it is hard, having compassion for the creative process, and giving myself the support to work through it.

If you’d like to experience the magic of making art in community, join me in The Creativity Cocoon.

 

Links Mentioned

The post Word of the Year Update #2 – How do I handle the highs and lows of creativity? appeared first on Cindy Ingram | Artist. Coach. Creative Soul Guide..

]]> https://cindyingram.com/word-of-the-year-update-2-how-do-i-handle-the-highs-and-lows-of-creativity/feed/ 0 1070