by Maxima Kahn | Oct 24, 2017 | Creative Sparks
In my post last week, I shared with you how to get inspiration and training by copying the masters of your art form and translating what you learn to your own unique style. If you missed that, click here for Great Artists Steal or How to Learn from the Masters. This... 
by Maxima Kahn | Oct 18, 2017 | Creative Sparks
T.S. Eliot famously wrote, “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.” What did Eliot mean by this seemingly outrageous assertion? He wasn’t talking about... 
by Maxima Kahn | Oct 11, 2017 | Creative Sparks
Fires, floods, earthquakes, violence, intolerance, divisiveness, greed. It’s easy to see our world is in upheaval. These are intense, challenging times. We are being called to return to heart. As a human race, we have been living in severe imbalance for so long... 
by Maxima Kahn | Sep 27, 2017 | Creative Sparks
I Am Devoted to Beauty and Creation Some days all i can truly do is write. It’s all i can do truly, with a whole heart, with devotion. This is what’s given to me, and it’s a lot. What jewels have been laid in my hands—I am awestruck, fascinated, dutiful, grateful. How... by Maxima Kahn | Sep 6, 2017 | Creative Sparks
Creativity is not something we have to stress and strain after, contort ourselves into shapes over, feel terrible about, measure and fail. Creativity is our birthright, our blood. It flows through us and all things, giving them life and growth, drawing forth unique...