5 Soulful Ways to Begin a Creative Practice
Beginning can feel like the hardest part.
Whether you’re returning to your creativity after a long pause or standing on the edge of something entirely new, it’s easy to get stuck in the swirl of “Where do I start?” and “What if I get it wrong?”
I’ve been there, too. More than once.
You’ve been gathering all along
You don’t always call it art.
Sometimes it’s the way you tear the edge of a receipt and tuck it into your notebook.
The way you pause at a faded photo in a thrift store bin, feeling its weight even before you know why.
The way you arrange your day around a sliver of light that only enters your studio at 3 p.m.
You are already creating.
You don’t need permission to begin.
You’ve already begun—in whispered ways, in gentle acts of noticing, in the quiet gathering of a thousand small things.
Shape Your Story, Share Your Light
Your story is layered.
It holds threads of joy and ache, growth and unraveling, silence and song.
It isn’t linear or tidy—and it was never meant to be.
But it is yours—and within it lives a kind of radiant wisdom that cannot be taught, only lived.
Create a Gentle Creative Ritual
There’s something sacred about the moment you sit down to create—not to produce or perfect, but simply to be with your own creative unfolding. In a world that moves fast and praises output, choosing to tend your creativity with gentleness is a quiet act of resistance. And a radical act of self-trust.
Nurture Your Soul
In a world that prizes output and urgency, soul-tending can feel radical. But here, within the rhythm of Artistry & Alchemy, it is essential.
To nurture your soul is to honor your inner landscape as sacred.
It’s to slow down long enough to hear what your heart is whispering.
It’s to understand that the quiet moments—the tea breaks, the morning pages, the walks without purpose—are not distractions from your art.
They are the art.
Celebrate Your Creative Magic
There is a spark in you.
It’s not something you have to earn, prove, or explain.
It’s there when you’re painting at the kitchen table, scribbling in a notebook, arranging wildflowers in a jar, or letting your mind wander in the shower.
It lives in the little moments of curiosity, intuition, and beauty-making that come so naturally, they’re easy to overlook.
Making Space for Your Art
Maybe it’s been weeks… months… even years since you last touched a paintbrush, opened your notebook, or sat in stillness with yourself and a blank page. Not because the desire isn’t there — but because life got loud, and your art got quiet.
You are not alone in this.
A Place to Gather the Threads
There are seasons when the throughline feels clear—when the work flows, the pages fill, and your hands know exactly what they’re doing.
And then there are seasons like this one.
When what you have are pieces.
Snippets.
Whispers.
Unfinished phrases. A color that won’t leave you alone. An image you keep sketching again and again. A sentence you tear from a book and tape to your wall, not knowing why.
This, too, is a kind of making.
This is gathering.
Honor Your Wisdom
There is a quiet kind of knowing that lives in your hands.
It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t rush. It doesn’t demand perfection.
Instead, it hums beneath the surface—steady, lived-in, true.
This is the wisdom you’ve earned through experience, through showing up, through years of becoming. And in the creative life, it’s often the very thing we forget to trust.
The Season of Becoming
A Creative Journey Through Artistry & Alchemy
There comes a moment—often quiet, sometimes sudden—when the urge to prove or perfect begins to soften. In its place, something deeper begins to stir: a gentle call to turn inward, to create without urgency, and to honor the wisdom etched into your becoming.
Something Is Stirring
Not everything begins with a bang.
Sometimes, the beginning is a whisper.
A rustle in the leaves.
A half-formed sentence in the dark.
A longing that arrives before you have words for it.
If you’ve been feeling it too—the pull to slow down, to gather what’s been scattered, to return to something ancient and quietly yours—you’re not alone.
Tender Archivist of Self
So much of life passes by without pause. We rush through days, to-do lists, and distractions. But somewhere within you lives the part that notices—the glint of a weathered button, the quiet ache of a forgotten melody, the way light filters through old lace.
The Magpie Society
Somewhere along a cobblestone alley in Lisbon, with the scent of blooming wisteria in the air and the hum of Portuguese conversation floating past us, I realized something beautiful: we were all becoming magpies.
Unleash Your Creative Bliss
Are you ready to release the grip of your inner critic and let your creative spirit shine? Grab your favorite art journal or sketchbook, a splash of color, and open your heart—let’s explore the perfectly imperfect world of art journaling.
I’m delighted to introduce you to my new 30-page guide, Creative Bliss Unleashed: Your Guide to Artful Journaling with Heart & Soul. I designed this guide to help you discover, or rediscover, the joy of creativity without the burden of needing to “get it right.” It’s about embracing the messiness, finding the magic within, and nurturing your spirit as you create.