by Maxima Kahn | Apr 16, 2020 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
. . .even when you’re busy or it feels really hard Last month I offered my patrons on Patreon the challenge to spend ten minutes a day making art. I took on the challenge too. Just ten minutes, but every day. I gave them a blank calendar for the month to track the... 
by Maxima Kahn | Mar 26, 2020 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
In these extraordinary and challenging times, the arts offer much-needed solace, connection, upliftment and inspiration. Fortunately, many artists and arts organizations are making all sorts of offerings available for free online right now. So, just because you can’t... 
by Maxima Kahn | Mar 4, 2020 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
Dancing near the edge For over a month now I have been working on a poem called “Tango Near the Edge,” and in the end, it might not be any good. I am writing it in response to a very complex prompt I found in a book of difficult writing prompts called Challenges for... 
by Maxima Kahn | Feb 18, 2020 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
A couple of weeks ago I went to a talk and reading by much-loved author Pam Houston and then took her writing workshop the next day. I came away inspired, with her latest memoir, Deep Creek, under my arm, and new tools to use and teach, but I was also troubled.... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jan 28, 2020 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
“How do you measure success as an artist?” A reader asked me recently in response to reading this post. It is a good question because I have often struggled with feelings of failure. Let’s look at this together, because how we measure success has a deep impact on our...