Combating Artist’s Block
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Combating Artist’s Block

For all creative types, it seems to be a universal truth that the dreaded artist’s block will arrive at some point. This article contains ideas to help combat artist's block, spark creativity, and find inspiration. It talks about cycles of creativity, and burnout. Suggestions include idea journals, mashups, tarot draws, and thoughts on how to deal with the blank page.

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Halloween Movies
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Halloween Movies

We are a big movie family in our house. For weekly movie nights, we usually take turns selecting what we’ll be watching, but not for October. For Spooky Season I get to choose them all! Check out some of my Halloween selections. I would love to hear some of your Halloween favourites, too. What do you watch every year? What do you recommend? What Halloween movie is your favourite?

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TAROT – The Tower Card
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TAROT – The Tower Card

Which tarot card fills you with dread and why? Could it be the haunting specter of Death, the menacing Devil, the destitution found in the 5 of Pentacles, or maybe the nightmare visions of the 9 or 10 of Swords. For me, a complete control-freak, the hands-down answer is The Tower…

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#Inktober 2021
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#Inktober 2021

It’s that time of year again; Inktober is almost upon us! What should my plan for this year be? Some themes that I’ve been contemplating for this year are: Tarot, Halloween, Stained Glass, Classic Children’s Stories, Astrology, and Mythical Creatures. What do you think? Is there something you would like to see from me this Inktober? Are you planning on participating in Inktober?

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Hello !
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Hello !

Hello! You don’t know me, but hopefully soon you will! I’ve decided to start blogging a bit and sharing my art process and projects here, as well as some of my other related interests. And I have a couple of really big projects I’m currently working on that I can’t wait to share with you!

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