by Maxima Kahn | May 28, 2020 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
Inspired by Responsibility I have been playing, lightly, this month with the idea of responsibility in my creative work. Asking the question: To what and whom am I responsible in my art? Or, for what and whom am I responsible in my art? That might sound paradoxical,...
by Maxima Kahn | Oct 24, 2017 | Creative Sparks
In my post last week, I shared with you how to get inspiration and training by copying the masters of your art form and translating what you learn to your own unique style. If you missed that, click here for Great Artists Steal or How to Learn from the Masters. This...
by Maxima Kahn | Sep 27, 2017 | Creative Sparks
I Am Devoted to Beauty and Creation Some days all i can truly do is write. It’s all i can do truly, with a whole heart, with devotion. This is what’s given to me, and it’s a lot. What jewels have been laid in my hands—I am awestruck, fascinated, dutiful, grateful. How...
by Maxima Kahn | Jul 10, 2015 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
This is the final post in a 4-part series on the Seasons of a Creative Life. You can read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here. In the Winter we turn inward for renewal and replenishment. It may feel like nothing is happening, like we have dried up and have no more...
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 30, 2015 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
This is part 3 in a 4-part series on The Seasons of a Creative Life. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. Just as the season of summer does not last all year, neither does the summer of our creative life. Autumn comes and, with it, a period of harvesting and then...