A bumble bee buzzed by me on a trail in the forest, he was going about his bumble bee business so didn’t stay long. A small thing but so brilliantly alive! Of course, I said hello – I can’t be the only one who does that...
I Don't Know What I'm Doing - And That's the Point
I don't know what I'm doing - I just know how to do what I do.
That's because I've learned my techniques, methods, and way of working on my own terms, by making things - creations and mistakes both. The mistakes almost always came first. Classes and tutorials can get you started, but they won't teach you what only YOU know in your creative soul. Finding your own way forward to meet your own expressive self is the real creative process - the art you make is just the evidence of that. Don't confuse the product with the process. The process is where joy lives.
Take It All Back - The Full Workbook Is Here
If that resonates, this is for you: Take What Belongs to You: Wild Creativity - the complete 42-page framework for reclaiming your inspiration, your technique, and your permission to make.
Three lies get told to creative people, over and over. That you need outside inspiration. That you need to master technique before you make anything. That your work needs someone else's approval to be valid. All three are wrong, and this workbook disproves them one exercise at a time.
You'll work through 9 exercises across three phases - Inspiration, Technique, Permission - and end up with 9 pieces of actual art. Small pieces, imperfect pieces, but yours. Made from your creative source, not someone else's rules.
No prerequisites. No right way. About 3-4 hours total and whatever art materials you have on hand. Either this calls to you or it doesn't.
What Members Are Getting Right Now
Walk With Me members have been getting some good things this week - very early peeks at an upcoming book I'm working on, actual stickers in the actual mail, and a generous 30% discount on the scarf collection that's out now. If creative companionship and behind-the-scenes studio access sounds like your kind of thing, take a look at membership here.
The Scarf Collection - If It Calls to You
The Amber Haze Scarf Collection is available now. It combines my analog studio work with digital elements and it's been something members have had early eyes on. Newsletter subscribers get 10% off through March 31 with this link - no code needed. If you're already a member, your 30% discount is waiting for you. See the collection here.
No pressure on this one. It's there if it speaks to you.
What are you making right now? Reply and tell me - I read every message and I write back.
Shine Your Light,
Monette
PS The workbook is $17 and it will change how you think about what belongs to you. Right here when you're ready.
PPS Yes, I speak to the creatures and I stand by it completely. They're out here doing the work, the least we can do is acknowledge them.