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”
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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”
Michelle Folk Johnson 