Sarah’s Creative Journey

It's been over a year since I decided to reach out to a friend (other than my husband) to help keep me on track with setting art goals. Sounds easy, right? I have trouble keeping deadlines, so if I reach out to other people they can help hold me accountable! Except that's never how it works. I've always been accountable for myself. But now it's not for a grade. It's not to complete a lesson or specific project with standards set by someone else. I set the standards. I set the project. I have high standards and expectations of myself because I know what I can accomplish. I know that I can continue to push myself to learn more and to accomplish more. But now, there are no immediate consequences. No pass or fail grade. Nothing holding me back and nothing really pushing me forward. So how do I continue?  Because of this question, a lot of people have asked me if I love creating art. Of course I do! Otherwise I wouldn't be struggling this much to keep myself doin...

This happens to be the first item on my list but I have not done these in any order. This just happened to be the first one I fully completed. I decided to sign up for a hot yoga class the night before Thanksgiving so I could feel less guilty about the amount of food I was going to consume on Thursday. Well, when I first got there, the whole classroom was only lit by strung lights and a couple of candles. It smelled really good too surprisingly-not too overwhelming either. The point was to help everyone focus on doing yoga for themselves and to not be self-conscious about it.   The class was challenging and I did enjoy it. However, had both positives and negatives to say about it: Positives: Loved being able to workout in semi-darkness and not worry as much about the people around me.   It never smelled like sweat. I think the mat covers were scented with something and the whole ventilation seemed to have some kind of diffuser spray to mask any smell of sweat and...

I haven't posted here in over six months, but things come and go, and sometimes go around in circles. Still love the idea I posted about last January, and might consider still doing it, but in the meantime, I will just keep logging my thoughts and creative journey before going into specific questions. Each year brings more and more learning, and sometimes learning comes from doing nothing...  then maybe regretting it later. But the fact still remains that I want to keep putting myself out there. I will not give up no matter how silly the ideas may be. Some may stick and some may not, but I am moving on and still trying to be inspired everyday.  So to new beginnings, everyday, may they be abundant and clumsy!

The list you've been waiting for! My list of 30 Goals before I turn 30! Granted, some of these may change or vary slightly based on how accessible things are. But generally, things I will be aiming to accomplish by the big 3-0.  1. Attend a hot yoga class      -I'm weird and actually like sweating 2. Travel to 5 new states 3. Be able to (consistently) make latte art      -Obviously I'm going to take pictures and instagram this when it starts happening 4. Actually use Adobe programs for artwork        -Again, consistently 5. Bake something fancy      -because I've been inspired by The Great British Baking Show! And it would be fun to bake more. 6. Go to a music festival 7. Illustrate a book       -like actually finish illustrating a whole book 8. Travel camp across the U.S. hitting up National Parks       -probably going to be pretty difficult to accomplish based on f...

            To answer my own questions from last week... How do you use creativity in your day to day life?             If setting alarms on 5:53 or 6:02 or 6:57 is considered creative, then I definitely do that.             I usually start my day (drive to work) with music, so whatever is in my CD player to give me a kickstart as well as thinking about lyrics (or trying to figure out what the lyrics are)             Throughout the day I am usually trying my hardest to make latte art.             Coming home from work is where it really starts to become challenging- how will I spend my time?  I am pretty much never bored, so there is an endless list, but I try to mix it up some and just follow my instincts.              Believe it or not, dinner is usually the most creative part of an...

Calling all family, friends, acquaintances, friends of friends, and even strangers!  My mind has been going crazy lately with more thoughts, ideas, and questions.  I have trouble staying focused on any one thing, because I feel inspired by only a million other things.   I often feel stuck.  I can tell myself what I need to do, but can't always pull the energy to follow through.  I have so many paths I can travel, but which one to take? Since there is never a clear answer, I keep asking questions, pondering, challenging myself, extending and improving any and all abilities I can with the time I have.  My hope, through doing these things, is that something will stick to the wall and I will find myself climbing up instead of looking down. So after the past year of weddings and planning one myself, I have had more time to focus on my artwork and creativity.  But the more time I spend out of college, the more I find wanting that community-that ...