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... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jan 16, 2020 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
When we make art, we aren’t destroying. We are uniting, rather than dividing. When we create, we find and build connections between things, instead of separation. We knit pieces of the world together. We hold up the beauty, magic and magnificence of the world, so that... 
by Maxima Kahn | Dec 17, 2019 | Creative Sparks, Dream Creation, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
This is part II of the series on Making a Living as an Artist, in which I share my trials and tribulations and triumphs on the road. If you missed part I, you can read it here. (That’s my desk in the photo.) I’ve been working for the past few years to put my art... 
by Maxima Kahn | Dec 10, 2019 | Creative Sparks, Dream Creation, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
I am working on making a living as an artist, as a writer. I already earn my living, albeit a somewhat small one, teaching and guiding artists and dreamers to create lives of passion, purpose and deep play. In other words, I already earn a living from my creativity... 
by Maxima Kahn | Dec 4, 2019 | Creative Sparks, Dream Creation, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
One of the greatest mistakes artists and dreamers make that keeps us from following our dreams is all or nothing thinking. We tell ourselves: “I have to leave my family, quit my job, move to another part of the country” or take other radical actions in order to pursue... 
by Maxima Kahn | Nov 7, 2019 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
Everyone is creative. Or, creativity is reserved for the special few, for artists. Which is it? Like most debates, in which the sides are polarized, there is truth in each. Everyone is Creative Everyone is creative. You would not be alive without creativity. You use...