Alone on the shore
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As the flowers find their names
In the summer heat it feels as though my brain is cooked in cough syrup. Like it is just soaking in there and the thoughts can’t come through to the top....
The plants become themselves
At my house I am surrounded by the plants that came before me and the plants that were already there. Those are two different ways to say - the plants that...
Embracing Your Everchanging Job Description
Making this podcast brought me into a business ecosystem crisis. Very little of my output changed, but my inner understanding of my work needed to shift.So...
Running out of ideas
I have run out of all my ideas.I don’t have any good ideas for classesI don’t have any good ideas for quiltsI don’t have any good ideas for podcast...
Creating Your Offer Ecosystem
Your offer ecosystem is how your creative offerings branch out of your artistry, fit together in the world, increase your income, and expand your reach.In...
The dilemma of self employment
Something I come back to time and time again is asking myself what is the essence of my job. What am I devoted to, what are the reoccurring themes, how do I...
Artists Need Each Other
Izzy Johnson in their home studio, wall print by Lukaza Branfman-VerissimoIt is without a doubt that the reason I float on as an artist and a writer is...
5 Reasons the World Needs Your Online Class
Teaching online classes is how I’ve made the majority of my income since 2017. And it is a great joy of my career to have had such amazing, invested, weird,...
How to Commit to the Life of an Artist with Sky Fusco
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my internet friend Sky Fusco to discuss dedicating your life to art.Sky is an artist, writer, deep thinker,...
How to Commit to the Life of an Artist with Anna Fusco
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my internet friend Anna Fusco to discuss dedicating your life to art.Anna is an artist, writer, deep...
Teaching as a practice
Photo by Mo NeuharthI was on a walk with a friend the other day and mentioned that while I love teaching, I wish I was focused more on my own creative...
6 Tools for When You Don’t Know What To Do Next
I think the great fear of most creative people is that we’ll run out of ideas and not know what to do next.I come up against this time and time again in my...
The desire to stay hidden
Photo by Anna FrissThere is something inside me lately that desperately wants to stay hidden. I can’t tell if it is a true need for the natural cocoon time...
Your art matters
Hello and welcome to the first installment of The Artist Way Book StudySETTING OUR INTENTIONSThis email lays out every step, tool, and practice we will...
Storytelling as a Throughline with Tamara Santibañez
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m sharing the mic with my friend Tamara Santibañez for a conversation about oral histories, tattooing, freelancing,...
The magic of the artist date
Chamomile in Mo’s garden Detroit, MIHello welcome to my newsletter today. It’s rainy here in in Northern Michigan and as my digital boundaries continue to be...
Swimming gives me the answers
Lake MichiganToday I want to talk about the serious and drastic measures I’ve taken this week to reclaim my attention and the huge signs the universe gave me...
Finding the Pace of Our Work
This week on Common Shapes, I share four practices for checking in with your creative pace — internal seasons, intuitive sharing, weather systems, and the...
Looking for the in between
Photo by Chloe SellsI am devoted to trusting the in between time. The time between launching one thing and inventing another. The time between going to a...