Art Slam » Food for the Creative Soul

I admit, my focus has not been what it should be. So many thoughts and ideas are flooding my mind. Literally. I don’t know about you, but I can not focus well when my mind is flooded with too many thoughts. It is the main reason I journal as much as I do and the way that I do. Journaling becomes a way to capture the ideas before they are gone.

When ideas are flowing at top speed, I allow them to come, uncensored and store them for use later. Some ideas end up as a simple art journal page, some end up as blog posts and others remain in the morgue like seeds waiting to be planted.

What kinds of seeds are you planting or waiting to plant? And, if you don’t mind me asking, what are you waiting for, exactly?

The name of my blog has evolved over the years. When I first started, it was called Believe Big. I had big dreams for myself and I needed a name that expressed the way I wanted to approach life and my art. A few years later, I changed it to Life is the Art. My daily life was the inspiration for the art I created. That is when I discovered art journaling and it became a natural platform for my love of art and writing. The Art Slam was born out of wanting to share art journaling with my readers. For about a year, I have been exploring ways of growing what I have started here. I admit there have been times I did not know why I bothered to keep the Art Slam going. It seemed to not serve a purpose for me like it did when I first started. It is so easy to get caught up in other people’s successes to the point you minimize your own. When I realized that was what I was doing, I was able to reconnect with my original purpose for starting this, I love creating and I love sharing. I had to return to the reason I do this and it is not to compare my success with another’s, it is to honor my truth, be authentic and make art because I love doing it.

I recently started another blog called the Picture’s Story. The purpose of it is to explore the stories behind images. I have always loved hearing and telling stories. The Picture’s Story is where I combine my love of photography and writing. Make sure you stop by and read the story by my first StoryWeaver, Mishelle Lane (aka Secret Agent Mama). She is a talent photographer and storyteller who brings her pictures to life with her words. I am in awe of her ability to make me feel as if I have always known the person in her photographs. She has an amazing gift.

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