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 | Aug 24, 2022 | Creative Sparks, Dream Creation, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
My friend Curt died a couple of weeks ago. I learned about it on Facebook and was stunned. Curt was a heart-centered, caring soul and helped me in many ways over the years. He was a person I could trust to be honest, authentic, and to listen deeply. He could also be... 
by Maxima Kahn | Mar 4, 2020 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
Dancing near the edge For over a month now I have been working on a poem called “Tango Near the Edge,” and in the end, it might not be any good. I am writing it in response to a very complex prompt I found in a book of difficult writing prompts called Challenges for... 
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...