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 | 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 | Apr 23, 2019 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
I come to poetry… Asking to be relieved of the pain inside, the unspoken. Asking to be met in the hollows of my heart, in my seeing and feeling of the world. Asking for beauty and imagination, for care and caring, for brute truth and grace. Asking to be let in from... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 29, 2018 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
Creative advice for writers and artists abounds. Much of it is useful, helping us create stronger art. But it can also block our best work. In today’s post I discuss how to navigate that slippery terrain. Write as if your words were a fire bringing warmth to a... 
by Maxima Kahn | May 23, 2018 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
Get your imagination sizzling with this creativity prompt to create an ode. In this post I walk you through Ellen Bass’ lovely poem Ode to the First Peach. I show you what makes the poem sing and how to create your own ode in any art form you choose. This prompt...
