Yes, there is one "right" way to make art.
It's the one that gets you moving. #createit22 #writers #artists #WritingAdvice #artistsadvice
Good news: you don't have to know what you're doing. You'll figure it out as you go. #createit22 #artists #writers
Mindset for your week: if your art makes you happy, you're doing it right. #createit22 #youcreate #writerswrite #artists
Our corporate overlords pretend you can produce 24/7, but that just isn't true. Nature blooms in cycles—and so do you. #createit22 #forwritersbywriters #forartists #forcreatives
We artists carry so much shame, including over how much and how well we create. Here's the good news: you don't have to. #createit22 #writingadvice #artists #writerswrite
Creative, your "why" needs to be something that is unassailable—something that cannot be shaken, that nobody can take from you, that isn't in anyone else's control.
#createit22 #writingadvice #writingcommunity #artists #artistsadvice
You don't start out as the person who can play the piano or tell a story. You start as a clump of messy cells.
So does your art. It just needs time to grow. #createit22 #forwriters #forartists
Stuck in the mud? Getting unstuck is never pretty—but if you want to get up to speed, you've got to break free.
#createit22 #adviceforwriters #adviceforartists
You can do this. So can I. No matter what kind of day you’re having, we can do this together. #createit22 #WritingCommunity #artistscommunity
I know you have regrets. Here's the thing, creative: you don't have to. #createit22 #writingtips #arttips #foryou #writingcommunity #artistsofmastodon
You couldn't have been a "better" artist. You did what you could with what you had.
There is NO shame in that. #createit22 #writingcommunity #ArtistsOfTwitter
Create terrible things. The more you do it, the less terrible they'll be. #createit22 #writingadvice #forartists
Mister Rogers says your art matters. Here's how. #createit22 #writerswrite #artistadvice
(read the whole commencement speech here: https://stories.marquette.edu/what-nourishes-our-souls-6ae2ba84bd26 )
You write BECAUSE you're a writer. You draw BECAUSE you're an artist. You don't earn the right to be a creative. You create because that's who you already are. #createit22 #WritingCommmunity #artistsontwitter
Resting is a skill. We forget how to do it over time, but in order to thrive, we need to learn again. #createit22 #writingadvice #artadvice #artists #writers
The speed at which you get better is not guaranteed. Neither is how hard you have to work—but if you are consistent, you WILL improve. #createit22 #writingadvice #helpforartists
Happy No Shame Friday! Here's a way to avoid both: write it down and back it up. #createit22 #writingtips #artistsupport #artists
If you set your goals so high that you consistently fail to reach them, you are training yourself not to try. Yes, this is science. #createit22 #writingcommunity
#forartists
How do you create when your emotions are messy?
Step one is to know this: your identity as a creative IS NOT threatened, even if you're currently just trying to survive the storm. #createit22 #forwriters #forartists #forcreatives
