creativity and fighting your way through

It’s remarkable what we can accomplish when we give up the fantasy of unlimited time. -Julia Cameron

Art for Day 5 // duty or play?

Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man’s independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines his talent as a worker and his worth as a man. -The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand

free your-self

Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through. -Ira Glass

Art for Day 5 // dependently-independent; live red

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again. -Joseph Campbell

… love as I know it led to declarations of independence liberating me from false hopes of being seen as I am — instead of through the filter of someone else’s beliefs. My love wrapped the barbed wire of outcomes and taught me those beliefs have more to do with them than me. -stargardener, independent but dependent

During the month of November I will be posting glimpses of my art every day …

I prepped a new gluebook for this month’s art. If you would like to see visual tutorials and read more about glue-booking, click here.

P.S. Use hashtag #tajgluebook on Instagram to connect with other women who use glue-booking as means of art journaling. ♥