by Maxima Kahn | Dec 9, 2022 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
For my beloved patrons on Patreon, I regularly share posts about What’s Inspiring Me Now. These are wide-ranging and are meant to offer patrons new sources of juicy inspiration they might want to tap into. Today, I thought I’d share this on my own blog for...
by Maxima Kahn | Jul 27, 2022 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
I am late to the party when it comes to podcasts. For years, people would recommend them, and I would think, “I don’t have time for that.” But lately I’ve discovered good ways to fit them into my week and the benefits of listening. I’ve discovered the joy of...
by Maxima Kahn | Feb 16, 2022 | Creative Sparks, Soulful Living
Last year wasn’t all bad. I read a lot of books, some of them quite wonderful, all of them good. 42 books to be exact, including a mix of poetry, books on the craft of writing, novels, memoir, and other non-fiction. And that doesn’t even count the spiritual books and...
by Maxima Kahn | Feb 3, 2021 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
How do you foster inspired creativity? And how do you know when you’ve had a good creative day? Is it when you have finished a wonderful painting, written 1000 words, or worked out the ending to your dance piece? Or is it when you spent four hours in your studio,...
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,...