I just had an excellent reminder that to be our best as an artist, we often need to be at peace, particularly in our nervous system. To create from desperation or despair is to reflect that kind of energy in our work and often times, repel the people we want to appeal to. To try and sell work from desperation is an even more difficult task. I know that from my experience I’ve always sold the best, made more money and overall just enjoyed the whole experience of being an artist/musician, when I’m able to calm my nervous system and find that calm peace within. When I used to be a busker it was the same, I wouldn’t start getting tips until I started enjoying the experience just for myself and finding my calm. Recently I’ve been struggling with having a calm nervous system and it’s definitely put me off from creating or trying to sell my work. It’s hard to be motivated when you’re stuck in survival.. so here’s a gentle reminder for us all to go for a walk, meditate, rest, eat good food or whatever needs to be done to get back to a calm and balanced nervous system in order to start moving forward again with creativity and confidence 💚 if anyone wants to chat about this I am happy to share what I can to help. Just reach out or drop a comment. Life gets crazy and it’s easier with community so let’s all come together to overcome the burnout and move forward with support and confidence! Here’s a small UV reactive mandala painting I sold recently, it happened when I least expected it as I was taking down a bunch of work from a month long showing. I could have been sad and bummed out about the month being over and not having a single sale from it, instead I chose to be happy and grateful I got the opportunity to put my work out there again and that energy was magnetic. A patron stopped me and bought 4 prints, then the owner came by at the last minute and bought this piece from me and even bought me a drink. It could have gone very differently if I was cranky so I’m really glad I chose gratitude and it chose me back 💚

I recently just put together a wonderful soundbath event for some locals in my area, I had a few new people show up and a couple old friends. Over all it was an amazing event, everyone came in, set an intention under the new moon, and came out feeling totally relaxed and refreshed 😇 I recorded this soundbath and will have it in my courses for a small energy exchange. This is a little teaser video I put together of some of the sounds we curated for the event, if you enjoyed this small bit, please head over to the courses tab and check out the full hour long live version 💚😇🙏

Tonight I got to lead by far the biggest painting class I’d ever taught, with the added challenge of everyone doing many types of different photos of their pets! 😅 we overcame some challenges with it being outdoors, raining on us and having to adjust plans last minute but it all worked out and everyone had a great time! I got lots of compliments on my teaching and the participants ended up having some really great end results! I’m sharing all of this to help inspire some others in this group to put themselves out there with their passions and see what happens! Because you never know until you try, and even though there was some exciting challenges involved, this was by far one of my favorite experiences sharing my skills in painting 🤩 I wish I’d gotten more photos and videos but this was what I captured, and I think it really says it all anyways 😇💚🙏 I’d love to hear what you may have been thinking about doing and what’s holding you back, how I may be able to help or what encouragement this group could provide to help you move forward! Drop some comments below! 👇