by Douglas Paul Smith | Aug 11, 2022 | Advice for Creatives, Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression, Uncategorized
Dissolve Negative Emotions using any Creative Practice Using our own creative practice, we can release or dissolve any emotion. In this post we will delve into the Hows and Whys of dissolving negative emotions with a creative practice, and how this can benefit...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Jul 29, 2022 | Advice for Creatives, Uncategorized
Thoughts on Death and Grieving… Upon hearing of the passing of the daughter of some acquaintances, I was moved to write about death and grieving. What came out of it was something like a poem. In the hopes that this will benefit those going through the grieving...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Feb 18, 2021 | Advice for Creatives, Art as Meditation, Uncategorized
“Magic lies in the state of mind of the artist. This magic is wakeful magic. The Artist’s mind is able to tune in to a certain balance or wakefulness. We would call it Enlightenment, in fact.” – Chögyam Trungpa Meditation and Creativity For the record, I...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Sep 21, 2020 | Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression, Advice for Creatives
Another Good Reason to Follow the Creative Urge – Your Health In a recent article in Psychology Today, Cathy Malchiody, PhD, states that there is now sufficient scientific evidence to prove that creativity is a well-being practice. Studies...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Sep 5, 2020 | Uncategorized, Advice for Creatives
Inspiration is a complex and beguiling subject. As an Artist for many years, I have attempted to conjure up the timeless muse in innumerable ways, sometimes successfully and sometimes not. For many creative people I know, it seems to come and go when it pleases, and...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Sep 3, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, Making a Living as an Artist
To Become, or Not to Become, a Social Media Guru I am tired of seeing people spouting on about how you can sell your art by doing this marketing plan or doing that social media strategy, or making videos of yourself creating your art and posting them online,...
