For this final episode of Making Artists Season 1, I want to share with you the lessons I have received on how to be a human, how to be an artist, and how to treat my art that I have learned from being a parent, from being a mother, from raising another human being. I hope that these lessons will inspire you to treat yourself differently, to treat your creativity and creative process differently, and to treat your art differently so that you can have all of what you want and you can leave the rest.

The first lesson I learned from watching my son get used to tummy time and learning how to walk is this: You don’t need to know the how to be able to begin. You don’t need to know the end to start taking a step. 

My second lesson was to start in a rested and relaxed state. I want you to experiment with coming from a place of having all your needs met first so you can be playful, adventurous, and take big risks.

My third lesson was to start small, because if nothing else, at least you’ve started. Everything starts with tiny steps, and everything counts. How can you change your creative practice to make it more conducive to you?

Lesson 4: Allow “training wheels” steps. Intermediary steps still count, and they need to happen without judgment. 

Lesson 5: Progress doesn’t have to be linear. Some milestones may be a bit of a fluke, and shouldn’t immediately be made the baseline. It’s okay to give yourself some grace and follow the fun.

Fear As Fuel episode 4: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/2bddd5b2-8535-4ccb-99e3-db01750b0506

The Self-Worth Myth episode 11: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/57213fdc-2f9f-4704-b30d-08e37b218d2f

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Music credit: Positive Experience by Sunny Tones

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