Creative Blocks Are Avoidance in Disguise?
Most people experience creative blocks as something external that feels like an absence of inspiration, motivation, or direction. But in practice, the “block” appears after creation has already begun.
7 Ways to Reduce the Bulk of Your Creative Journals
These creative journal bulk reducing tips will help you if you want your journals to not explode 4 spreads in.
My Favorite Journaling Pens (From a Mark-Curious Perspective)
In my journaling and creative play, pens are less about refinement and more about curiosity. These are five pens I reach for again and again because they’re reliable companions while I play.
I Started Making Mini Zines (and How You Can Make One Too)
If you make a mini zine after reading this, I’d love for you to just…notice how it feels. Just whether it feels like something you’d want to return to.
Starting Before You’re Ready
The best ideas are the ones that you discover in the middle of the doing something else.
Why doesn’t creative journaling work step by step?
Tutorials are absolutely helpful when you’re brand new; they help you familiarize yourself. But eventually, you reach a point where what you make starts to look different than what you followed.
Coming Back to The Artist’s Way (Again)
This week, I’ve been revisiting The Artist’s Way, and I’m reminded why it’s so often recommended as more of a lifestyle practice than a book you simply finish and shelve.
Retro Pinkscape: A Closer Look at Each Sticker
Every piece in this printable sticker set was hand drawn using Tombow water-based markers, then scanned and cleaned just enough to keep the texture intact.
Art Journaling Time: Prismatic Cuties
The prismatic creatures started appearing without planning. Started with a zen sloth, two cute kitties I had painted in oil earlier in the week and silly jumping furit. After this, I decided I'm gonna fill up this journal with all sorts little beings.
Winter Journal Completed Journal Flipthrough
Journal #12 was a reminder that creativity builds itself over time. With every page, patterns emerged, blocks softened, and the process became easier to trust.
Sketched Hearts: A Closer Look at Each Sticker
These hand drawn heart elements began the way some of my work does sometimes: 1 AM, a rolling cart full of supplies, and no real plan beyond wanting to make marks.
My World of Mini Junk Journaling
Built from packaging, scraps, and whatever’s nearby, mini junk journaling is where I create without planning or pressure. The pages are quick, intuitive, and become small records of ordinary days.