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Morning Art Journaling
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius Before we will start discovering what Morning Art Journaling is and why it’s important, let’s find out what is just normal morning journaling and why is it trend nowadays? Morning Pages are one of these things that sound so simple that you don’t think they could ever work for you. One of the things that I have realized in life is that many of the best things are really simple but our complicated minds want to tell us they won’t work for us. What is Morning Journaling? Morning Journaling is a process of creating three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, ideally done first thing in the morning. There is no wrong way to do Morning Journaling– they are not high art. They aren’t even “writing.” They are about anything and everything that crosses your mind– and they are for your eyes only. Morning Journaling ...
Start New Career in Art | Alexandra Novik-Khamis
I am very often hear that people don’t feel like to start something new at pretty old age; especially if all their life they have been doing totally different activities. Same with art, people don’t want to start painting after 40-50 as they are convinced that if they did not do it before they don’t really have talent then why even try. I believe that everyone can start something new at any age. A lot of painters and musicians are started their careers at very late 40s. And there is nothing wrong with it. As long as you feel inspiration and need for it then go on. Years ago, people graduated from school, got a job and worked at the same company until they retired. Today, it's unusual for a young worker to stay at the same job for more than a few years in the first decade of their career. It's also becoming more common for workers to make a midlife career change, and completely switch gears after spending half of their adult life in the same industry. People want to b...
Creativity as a Spiritual Process | Alexandra Novik - Khamis
It wasn’t that long ago that having a son or daughter who expressed interest in becoming an artist was considered a parent’s worst nightmare. But today, many parents are encouraging of their children’s interest in art. And I am as an art mentor should guide them into art world and bring inspiration for young future artists. There are many options available to help nurture budding talent, but sending a young artist to expensive private lessons isn’t necessarily at the top of the list. Yet, when I see the new undergraduates show up at my art studio, there are some who have gotten an undeniable head start above their peers. For me art education is not only teaching process but rather creative process which inspires students. One of the main goal for me as an art mentor is to bring knowledge together with joy of creative process. First of all students understand the basics of art techniques in chosen field. And then when they know the rules they can smartly break it. Art process fo...
Hi friends,
Yesterday was a great day and a day full of inspiration. One of the problems, when you are a full-time artist, is finding time for your life outside art making. But I am also concerned about the search for a muse and inspiration.
Art inspiration is a type of energy or stimulus that inspires creativity.
Many artists rely on this form of inspiration to help them create new artwork because it gives them a lot of new and original ideas.
I am the kind of person who put all my effort and soul into art and everything about art making. It’s too easy to burn out this way actually. Even though it’s a debatable thing – can you really be burnout of the things you enjoy doing, like creating art? I guess so if you as an artist will not get inspiration and motivation. You can't pour from an empty cup.
I can’t emphasize this enough:
You can’t wait around forever for inspiration to come to you. If you do, you’ll end up procrastinating and making no artistic progress at all.
So, when you’re feeling uninspired or art-blocked, you need to be proactive to get your artistic inspiration back.
Artists get inspiration from a variety of sources including nature, media, people, other artists’ artwork, and personal experiences. What about me, you can ask – my artistic soul needs something else - I am getting inspiration from dates with my husband.
One of the most important inspiration sources in fact for me are dates with my husband.
Just because you’re married, that doesn’t mean you should stop dating! Here’s why it’s important to continue to date your husband.
Maintaining a regular weekly (or every-other-week) date night is a valuable marriage builder. Even once a month would be better than nothing! Dates are not only important for me as for wife, but I am truly getting inspiration.
My husband is my muse for sure. And how you can get better inspiration and energy for the new masterpieces if not from your muse?
I think the important thing is having time set aside to pour into your marriage and invest in the relationship.
You don’t even need to leave the house to do that.
We count simple things as “date night.”
Personally, my husband and I have more at-home date nights than date nights out on the town. But our goal is to incorporate more special date nights together.
As you have learned, there are many ways to find inspiration in the world around you.
But the biggest takeaway is that you shouldn’t wait for inspiration to come knocking at your door. Instead, be proactive and seek it out. And seek for your own, the muse which will fill you with artistic bliss.
And before I sign off, because I know you always read my blog posts habibi, I love you more than I'll ever be able to express.
You're my better half and going through life with you is extra special.
Oh and I still think you're the most handsome man around.
Thank you for being my muse and bringing me endless inspiration for my art projects!
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