I find that when we do not answer the call to our art, our business ideas, the visions of our projects, our sacred hobbies, or our passions, we start to feel small and unlike ourselves. This could manifest in burnout, low self esteem, sickness, addiction, and different levels of spiritual hunger. We may heed the call or we may deny it, but whichever path we go down we will feel resistance, blessings, and something in between.
I woke up today feeling so blessed that God gave me the job of guiding people to make their art and put it into the world. In the last few years alone I have taught thousands of students how to access their creativity in new and profound ways. I share numbers transparently when I speak to my students because I want to remember my own growth and model what is possible. When we do Quilt Class show and tell or our wrap up session at Flexible Office I am completely blown away and sit with a huge sense of gratitude to have answered the calling of facilitating artists, writers, and true freaks in making their work and releasing it publicly, even when we’re scared to.
I wanted to build something out for everyone, that isn’t behind the paywall of a class, and is inspired by my recent teaching of The Shapes of Our Offerings. It is a three day email guide with a beautiful Notion dashboard called The Creative Ideation Portal. It is literally the exact method I use to get clear about what I want to turn my artistic attention toward, the organizing I do for the the back end of my projects, and how I conjure enough faith to set it free.
