Your Creative Practice

Welcome back and thank you for being here! Also, a huge thanks to my community who responded on IG when I asked what topics need to be covered. I’m so excited!For today, we’re getting foundational. What is your creative practice? Do you even have one? Is it working, or not? What is your relationship to it? Before you can make an audience or make money with your art, you need to actually make your art.Your creative practice is simply the container and your process for making your art. If you’re not happy with that practice, if you even have one, you may even struggle with calling yourself an artist because you don’t feel productive enough.Relate it to a self-care habit that you have no problem keeping. Maybe it’s a skincare routine, taking your vitamins and meds, straightening up the kitchen before bed, whatever it is. You’re consistent enough that you feel good about it, and you want to keep doing it.I invite you to apply these thoughts to your creative practice:This is an act of self-love. Offer yourself grace and forgiveness so you actually want to spend time with you.It is supposed to take a long time to see results. This gives you access to the ability to commit long-term and to encourage you to keep showing up.I don’t need to like or love everything about this self-care habit in order to let myself do it.I don’t need to beat myself up if the situation isn’t perfect, or I missed a day, or there were mistakes. Just pick up where you left off. You don’t need to make up for it tomorrow.<br/>Ready to start making art, making, money, and making an impact? Visit makingartistspodcast.com or connect with me on IG @thenancysun.Music credit: Positive Experience by Sunny TonesA Podcast Launch Bestie production