Sarah’s Creative Journey

Since I am about to turn thirty and head into a new decade, it’s brought about quite a bit of reflection. I’ve just finished reading Todd Henry’s, Louder Than Words , which hit more points than previous self help books. It might have just been my timing of reading it since I’m in a bigger (or seems to be bigger) transition period, where I have accomplished quite a bit with my art, but also feel a bit stagnant. It’s been slow moving the past few years, but I haven’t stopped creating . I have just absorbed a lot and needed to figure out what kind of artist I am and what kind of artist I want to be. What I have learned about myself since college: I’ve been fighting myself on previous ideas of what or who an artist is. I’ve always told myself I don’t want to be all consumed by art. That I won’t be able to do all of the other things I want to pursue if I dedicated that much time into being an artist professionally. I have been both afraid and maybe misled about artist’s life

It's officially April and it has been 3 years since I set out to accomplish 30 goals before turning 30. While I haven't finished all of them (may have been a bit ambitious to learn so many new things in that short of a time period), but I have done about 17! Plus, many other things that weren't on my list! I made my first t.v. debut! (Who knows how many more there will be...) I attended Making Midwest (a local art conference) two years now, and have sort of           increased my art circle, met some new people, and connected with some old. Took some figure drawing classes Working on a collaborative art piece and have plans for more Took more skillshare classes Designed and got a second tattoo Learned more about coffee and roasting Went to 3 Coffee Fests - 1 national and 2 state Became an Assistant Manager at Stauf's Joined a book club Got a side shave Did another 2 backpacking trips Gave blood more frequently Created new habits Listening to new podcast