09/02/2026
Creativity doesn't owe you inspiration just because you finally found 30 free minutes.
And I think that's where a lot of us get stuck.
We wait until we know what we want to make. Until we feel inspired. Until the idea is good enough. Until our brain cooperates. Until we're reasonably confident we aren't about to f**k the whole thing up. 🤮
Meanwhile, creativity is built in the showing up.
Tonight my brain was SCRAMBLED because I crashed at 3pm in the office from sleeping like garbage and had to take the office on a short walk to grab a chai tea. I didn't particularly want to explain myself or look at another Submittal. I didn't have some profound artistic revelation waiting for me.
But I had this photograph... and I started the art a few days ago. I remembered standing there at the top of this cemetery, looking out over it. They're so gorgeous aren't they?
And this whole series is reimagining things I've seen and been to and maybe only studied into these gorgeousflashes that imbed into your mind in passing.
Pencil became Micron. Micron became 8B. I made choices. I omitted things. I made one VERY aggressive black angel decision and briefly wondered what the f**k I had done. 😂
..then I kept going.
And THAT is creative discipline to me.
Not forcing yourself to produce something brilliant every day.
Not knowing exactly where you're going before you begin.
Showing up often enough that you learn to trust yourself when you don't know yet.
Tonight, this is where I stop. The adhesive is drying. The silver leaf can wait.
Tomorrow I'll respond to whatever this little creation asks for next.
If you've been waiting to feel inspired before you start creating, this is me lovingly revoking your permission slip. 📃
Give your creativity 2% of your day.
30 minutes. Start before you know.
And tell me in the comments: what are you giving your 2% to? 🖤
