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Creativity isn’t just about making art—it’s about cultivating a mindset that supports curiosity, courage, and growth. In this collection of articles, you’ll find encouragement for navigating creative blocks, building meaningful creative habits, and developing an intentional art practice. Whether you’re rediscovering your creativity or deepening a long-standing artistic journey, these stories and insights are here to inspire your next step.
Finding your artistic voice isn’t always about developing a signature style. Sometimes, it begins with paying closer attention to the stories, experiences, materials, and ideas you naturally bring to your work. In this post, The Turquoise Iris Journal curator Deborah...
Keeping an art journal can be much more than a creative practice. It can become a place to collect ideas, experiment without expectations, work through creative blocks, document your growth, and even process the experiences and emotions that are difficult to put into...
On Experimentation, Discovery, and Learning to Trust Your Creative Voice Creative confidence is something many of us wish we had more of. We look at artists, makers, and creatives we admire and assume they must have started with a level of confidence that allowed them...
In this thoughtful reflection, curator Kimberly Conrad shares how a simple creative challenge became an invitation to let go of perfection, embrace experimentation, and rediscover the joy of creating without pressure. Somewhere along the way, many artists, and women...
A reflection on creative rhythm and learning to trust the way we create. Creativity doesn’t always move in straight lines. In this thoughtful reflection, Porsha Chalmers explores the beauty of creative rhythm, wandering thoughts, layered process, and learning to trust...
I hear it all the time. “I’m just not creative.” It’s usually said casually, like it’s a simple fact. No hesitation, no second thought. But every time I hear it, something in me pauses. Because I don’t think it’s true. I think what people really mean is that somewhere...
Curator Renee Smith shares a deeply personal look at creative block - what it feels like when something you once loved starts to feel off, and how making space (rather than pushing harder) can gently lead you back. When “This Used to Feel Easy” Doesn’t Anymore There’s...
Royce Hunt-Bell, founder of Roycycled Treasures, has built a vibrant creative community around the belief that art becomes even more powerful when it’s shared. Known for encouraging women to experiment, play, and trust their creative instincts, Royce recently hosted...
Creativity in midlife can sometimes feel harder to access than it once did. Between caregiving, career responsibilities, changing family roles, and the everyday demands of what Kimberly Conrad calls “Super Adulting,” many women begin to wonder if their creative spark...
Making time for creativity can feel impossible when life is already full. Between responsibilities, relationships, and the everyday rhythms we care deeply about, creative practices are often the first thing we set aside. Not because we’ve lost interest, but because...
