by Maxima Kahn | Jun 30, 2015 | Creative Sparks
You know that moment when you are consumed in the act of creation, doing something that you love? Inspired, you forget time and place, you forget self-consciousness. You feel powerful, lit up. It’s one of the best feelings in the world. The next day or a week... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 30, 2015 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
This is part 2 of a 4-part series of the Seasons of a Creative Life. If you missed part 1, read it here. Following the period of initial inspiration, the Springtime of your creative cycles, comes Summer. Summer is a time of tending our new shoots and watching them... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 30, 2015 | Creative Sparks
I am writing to you to respond to a core challenge I hear from so many of you. I hear from many of you who: have done my programs over the years, and also those who keep longing to sign up but never quite get around to it. First of all, I want you to know: I love you... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 22, 2015 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
Below I share with you the beginning of a series of posts about the seasons of our creative lives and how we can recognize and make the most of each of these seasons. First a little acknowledgment of the turning of the seasons. Turning to Summer This Sunday, June 21,... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 2, 2015 | Creative Sparks
Some students recently wrote to me about their concern with being original in their art, their need to be original. They said that if they have a great idea that they love and then someone else mentions a similar idea, it kills the idea for them. They can no longer... 
by Maxima Kahn | May 7, 2015 | Creative Sparks
In my last essay I talked about one of the most fundamental skills for artists and for artful living, Coming Alive to the World, the skill of waking up through our five senses to the sensual, physical world around us. In that essay, I gave you a number of fun, simple...