Why should you bother to set aside time to be creative? It’s easy to say, “what’s the point?” or “I have other more important things I could be doing” rather than to set aside time to cultivate your creativity. We totally get it! On today’s episode Volta and Bree dive in to this mental mountain and discuss why creativity is important, and the benefits of strengthening your creative muscle. We hope with all of these reasons it’s good to spend time on your creativity, you’ll be able to combat any thoughts of it being a waste of time. It’s truly an investment in your wellbeing! Creative Bits Art Story 📖 This is an amazing story about artists using GIFs (those awesome looping animated images) to bring historical artworks to life. Story: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-hilarious-gifs-bring-art-history-life Creative Workout 💪 Like a challenge, but without the challenge. Just get that creative muscle warmed up a bit & get some encouragement from your fellow Creative Bitsies. For this episode’s workout, you’ll be thinking about your emotions and drawing something tied to that emotion. Check out this link to see what you should draw based on what you’re feeling: https://www.higherperspectives.com/art-therapy-1472847002.html 👉 Don’t forget to share your workouts on Instagram with #CBPWorkout! We love seeing your work!😍 Goodie of the Week! 🍬 This week’s goodie is a book by Keri Smith called Wreck this Journal. This creative journal has prompts that lead you through all kinds of creative exercises such as gluing, cutting, scratching, and more. It is sure to be a a great tool for expanding your creative thinking. (P.S. we aren’t sponsored by any of these products or companies. These are honestly the things we use all the time and have come to love so much we want to share the love with you!) Soul Chai ☕️ Image by Austin Kleon Let's be Friends! Email: creativebitspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @creativebitspodcast Twitter: @creative_talks Website: Creativebitspodcast.com
This week we are talking to Alaskan artist Shaylene Reynolds on this super special bonus episode! We will resume our Mental Mountain Series for the next episode, but there are only TWO episodes left in this series. After the series is over, we will be doing a Season 1 Finale episode where we will be celebrating all of you who have either started or restarted your creative journey🎉 Shaylene was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and is part Yupik/Eskimo & Gwitchen Native Alaskan. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) until 2010 when she moved to Richmond, Virginia. She recently moved to Dallas, Texas where she is currently creating new works. Shaylene generously shares her own ups and downs on her journey to becoming a full time artist (selling her most of her work on Instagram), what it was like living in Alaska, and how she made time for her art while she was working full time as a nanny(!). We hope you’ll enjoy this super special interview with artist Shaylene Reynolds! Links: www.shaylenereynolds.com Instagram: @shaylenereynolds Let's be Friends! Email: creativebitspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @creativebitspodcast Twitter: @creative_talks Website: Creativebitspodcast.com
Perfectionism was the #1 killer of our artwork for many years. We put the pressure on ourselves to sit down and create a masterpiece every single time we went to make art. No one ever told us to expect to make bad art! We couldn’t deal with the pressure or the idea of making bad art, so we just didn’t make anything. Don’t fall into this mind trap! In this jam-packed-with-awesome episode we share practical ways to overcome perfectionism and our personal struggles with it so YOU can get back to the joy of creating! Creative Bits Art Story 📖 Right in time for Fashion Week, we’ve got a story about an incredible collaboration between an artist and Gucci that also involves art history! Story: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gucci-ignasi-monreal-capsule-collection-1269587 Creative Workout Like a challenge, but without the challenge. Just get that creative muscle warmed up a bit & get some encouragement from your fellow Creative Bitsies. This episode’s workout is to make bad or ugly art on purpose. Say what?! It’s a way to shut down the perfectionist in your head, and dive in to the fun and process of solely making, and not having the outcome be the goal. Bad art parties are even more fun if you want to take it a step further! 👉 Don’t forget to share your workouts on Instagram with #CBPWorkout! We love seeing your work!😍 Goodie of the Week! This week’s goodie is a $5 pack of 75 artist tiles. By the way, we aren’t sponsored by any of these products or companies. These are honestly the things we use all the time and have come to love so much we want to share the love with you! With this pack you get 75 small squares of paper that are thick enough to hold watercolor. They are fantastic for working through perfectionism, because of their size and because you can get so many for such little money, there’s virtually no pressure to produce a “masterpiece.” They are also super fun to give away to friends to brighten their day! Soul Chai “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Books discussed in this episode: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Show Your Work by Austin Kleon Let's be Friends! Email: creativebitspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @creativebitspodcast Twitter: @creative_talks Website: www.Creativebitspodcast.com