Michelle J

Creativity Practice

Last Winter I started practicing creativity. I made a challenge for myself to do something creative every day and post the result on Instagram. The only rule about the “something creative” was that it had to be satisfying. Not pretty, “good,” or even intentional, just satisfying. I posted flower arrangements, outfits I dressed in, drawings,Continue reading “Creativity Practice”

Embracing the Shitty First Draft

I didn’t come up with the idea of the Shitty First Draft, but boy do I find it helpful. (I think I might have read it in a book by Anne Lamott, here’s a great post about her writing advice.) Here’s how it works: Option1: I approach a creative project from the perspective of “ThisContinue reading “Embracing the Shitty First Draft”

A Body of Work

This post is me, setting an intention for this blog. “Hello, blog!” (hi michelle!) <—the blog has a little squeaky voice. Maybe because there aren’t any posts yet. “I’m putting you together to hold my body of creative work. Or not hold it, but, like, post it on the internet and share it with anyoneContinue reading “A Body of Work”