There’s nothing to explain here. You’re enough. Your peace your energy your efforts. It’s all enough. There’s was a time when I felt like I wasn’t doing enough no matter how hard I worked. I burned myself out and lived on anxious highs. Not anymore. I thrive in a sustainable way now. I am stillContinue reading “I Think You’re Great”
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Just the Beginning
Sunday Reflections I write about Three Freedoms but it’s just the beginning to a bigger idea. They are just the foundation and so is creative freedom. Once we as writers lay down the foundation of our three freedoms and begin trust the floor boards that are creative freedom, it gives us access to so muchContinue reading “Just the Beginning”
It’s Not About Creative Freedom
Where do I want my work to lead me? This is what I’ve been asking myself tonight. If I’m going to leave my future self a bread crumb trail, where do I want to lead myself? Is the point of this only to reach creative freedom? It’s not only to reach creative freedom. Most ofContinue reading “It’s Not About Creative Freedom”
Legal frameworks to protect and promote artistic freedom
While doing some research I learned about UNESCO, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which “is a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.” It all sounds real nice. I about UNESCO from an article written by Charles A. Thomson titledContinue reading “Legal frameworks to protect and promote artistic freedom”
Is there a thing called creative freedom?
We’ve been talking a lot about the three freedoms and how we should leverage them to get the most out of our creative freedom. You can read about it here According to Art Radar Journal,“In order to achieve creative freedom, one has to think free and adopt an approach that is unconventional. Fertilization of mindContinue reading “Is there a thing called creative freedom?”
Creative Freedom, It’s Yours
Once you reach a place of creative freedom, your writing life becomes your responsibility. You must learn when enough is enough and when not enough is not enough. You must narrow down your own projects and expand your own ideas. What’s great about creative freedom is that it’s all yours. It’s all yours with noContinue reading “Creative Freedom, It’s Yours”
Three Freedoms
The Three Freedoms you need to take advantage of to experience ultimate creative freedom are Freedom to grow, Freedom to be heard, and Freedom to listen. Let’s start here. What is Creative Freedom? Creative freedom is having the freedom to create without limitations. Before we dive in, I wanted to explain that this post is gearedContinue reading “Three Freedoms”
“Artistic Freedom is Not a Luxury”
“Artistic freedom is not a luxury. But the rights of artists are under threat worldwide. These include freedom of creation, freedom of movement, freedom of association, right to protection of economic and social rights, right to participate in cultural life. The UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural ExpressionsContinue reading ““Artistic Freedom is Not a Luxury””
Free Should the Scholar Be
In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended. Free should the scholar be,—free and brave. Free even to the definition of freedom, “without any hindrance that does not arise out of his own constitution.” The American Scholar lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16643/16643-h/16643-h.htm#THE_AMERICAN_SCHOLAR When I do projects I usually like to divide them up into differentContinue reading “Free Should the Scholar Be”
Creative Freedom and Purpose
Does your creative freedom have a purpose? What’s the focus of Three Freedoms? If creative freedom is to obtain its fullest growth, its most complete development, it must have a great and worthy purpose. It must not be merely freedom for freedom’s sake. Thomson, Charles A. “Creative Freedom and the World Crisis.” Music Educators Journal, vol.Continue reading “Creative Freedom and Purpose”
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