Shereen found me on her friend’s coffee table. It's a place I like to frequent ... mostly in book form. The Muse is IN: An Owner’s Manual to Your Creativity was there, so it caught the eye of Shereen Sun, a multi-passionate artist, educator, and activist living in Los Angeles. She invited me to be a guest in her on-line Creative Revolution Summit.
I’ve been a little hesitant lately about participating in “summits” because it means agreeing to a lot of promotion. To me, the right kind of business comes to people when they share who they are and what they teach, not with big hyped neon blasts of “SIGN-UP HERE FOR YOUR FREE GIFT!” Not that gifts aren't nice.
But Shereen and I hit it off, I checked out who she is, was impressed and inspired, and she agreed to a compromise with the promotions, which looked like this: I would tell my readers about her summit as long as I could include helpful content.
One of the best ways to demonstrate how KMCC creativity coaching works in action is to ask the people who are interviewing me to talk about their own challenges. So Shereen shared with me the minor frustration she was having with getting to her painting, a challenge MANY people are experiencing in one form or another.
When you listen to the short coaching session during our half-hour Q & A, you will discover a few things that may also be helpful to you.
We sometimes don’t give ourselves credit for the amazing things we do. (Acknowledging our strengths is vital to creative perseverance and belief in ourselves).
When we talk about what we love about our creative passion, we are more likely to want to do it. From Shereen: “Our conversation reminded me of what I loved about painting, so my view of my practice didn't have such an anxious energy around it anymore.”
We talked about how she could show up for her creativity in ways that are accessible to her and about her daily routine so she could appreciate what WAS working for her in the structure that she’s already created.
She learned that she had been operating from a bit of a perfectionist mentality around what it meant to paint "daily," which was really sucking the joy and fun out of the process. She said this:
“The conversation reframed my creative practice
so it was more joyful and less harsh on myself.”
That's the way it should be. Sign-up and listen to the conversation so the same can happen to you.
The rest of the call can also take you deeper on your own creative journey. She's got some great guests that will help you with all aspects of your creativity.
Here’s where you click to sign-up for the Summit … it’s a gift with lots of good content.
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