Sometimes a new creative outlet comes along just when you really need it. You may never have heard of zines, but they’ve been around for many decades. They are small pamphlets or booklets of a mini comic or any topic of interest that are traditionally made using a photocopier to be self-published in small circles.... Continue Reading →
My son and I both enjoy drawing and doing art projects. We also share an impatience with the slow process of learning how to get better at it. When I was a kid, I really loved drawing. But a lack of progress in my skills and lack of confidence caused me to quit doing it... Continue Reading →
Creativity helps us find a connection between things that may seem related. Like I did in this fun exercise: I hate vague, out of context, posts that show up on my social media feeds. Then, I started wondering if maybe there was a secret conversation going on that nobody knew about. So I wrote down... Continue Reading →
Many people create personal projects because they have a desire to see how what’s in their mind might look like in the real world. The final product rarely looks exactly as we'd like and imperfect results can sometimes bring out our inner critic and keep us from sharing it with others. Recently I created some... Continue Reading →
When I changed careers to pursue becoming a professional copywriter, I discovered that there were many different jobs a copywriter could specialize in. One of those I tried was being an SEO copywriter–which I already knew a bit about how it works and how effective it could be. My hope was that I would be... Continue Reading →
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