by Maxima Kahn | Sep 15, 2023 | Creative Sparks, Soulful Living
Don and I watched a gorgeous and incredibly moving and inspiring film called Pride. It’s about a small group of gay and lesbian activists in the UK, deciding to support Welsh miners who were on strike. So beautifully acted, scripted, directed. It’s a testament to the...
by Maxima Kahn | Aug 17, 2023 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
I’ve been thinking about how artists need to train like warriors. Or like athletes. Or like monks. I was inspired by one of Steven Pressfield’s excellent posts (https://stevenpressfield.com/2021/12/training-turning-pro/). If we want to become the best artists we...
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...