When I make visual art, I get quiet enough to hear the voices in my head. I hear the voice that says, “This is stupid, no one will like this,” or the voice that says, “This is pretty! People will love this!” When I’m making art, I sometimes get impatient. I ask myself, “Why amContinue reading “Ego Voice/God Voice”
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A Little Goldfinch
Art for Art’s Sake
Last fall, I started something I called “Creativity Practice,” I made a practice of doing one creative thing a day and posting it on Instagram. Over the course of the practice, I began to ask myself, ‘Why am I making this project?’ The answers were sometimes like this: I’m making this: • because so&so willContinue reading “Art for Art’s Sake”
Write What You (Don’t) Know
Those of us who write have heard the phrase, “Write what you know.” But what do I write about once I realize I know nothing? A karate teacher of mine told our class once, “We don’t say we know karate.” She went on to explain what this meant. As I understood it, one can neverContinue reading “Write What You (Don’t) Know”
“Really into God stuff”
During the late winter of my Instagram “Creativity Practice,” there came a day, a tiny little day of reckoning: I was mulling over some creative project or another, thinking as I cleaned up after the kids– I don’t actually remember what I was doing, but I remember that I was walking around between my diningContinue reading ““Really into God stuff””
Michelle Folk Johnson 