by Maxima Kahn | Jul 20, 2023 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
Making art is inconvenient. We have to carve out time for it. We have to carve out space for it. We have to spend our hard-earned money on it. We have to rearrange our schedules, ask for time off from work, and beg out of gatherings with friends and family at times....
by Maxima Kahn | Jul 14, 2023 | Creative Sparks, Soulful Living
PBS My husband Don and I let go of our Netflix and replaced it with PBS. What a great change that is! We are currently happily (and rather harmlessly) addicted to All Creatures Great and Small, an utterly wonderful series. It’s so refreshing to watch something...
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 5, 2023 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
This past year was a particularly difficult one to narrow down my favorite books of the year to just ten. There were so many good books! I read 49 books this past year, plus parts of quite a few others, plus six more I read aloud with my husband. I could easily have...
by Maxima Kahn | Mar 30, 2023 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
Making art is a profoundly good thing to do with your time. It makes our world a better place. Yet almost all artists struggle with doubt about whether what they are doing is worthwhile. Many of us have also been told that when we are making art, we’re doing...