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The Value of Creative Joy
Read more: The Value of Creative JoyAnd rediscovering The Wheel of Time 🐉 Today I want to talk about creative joy. Reconnecting to The Wheel of Time has reminded me what creativity felt like before it got all tangled up in career and profession and entrepreneurship. For the last decade my creative energy has been focused outwards. Everything I did became…
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Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Read more: Somewhere Under the RainbowNot yet archived. Read here: https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/somewhere-inside-the-rainbow
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Somewhere Under the Rainbow 🌈
Read more: Somewhere Under the Rainbow 🌈Wait, is this a coming out post? 🏳️🌈 . . . Imagine standing in front of your parents or peers and “coming out” as straight. You spent months collecting evidence and crafting a tightly woven narrative. Maybe you even prepare to explain what exactly straightness is. That sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? But we still expect…
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I’m not a brand. I’m a human.
Read more: I’m not a brand. I’m a human.Last year I took two big marketing classes by brilliant teachers and I’ve decided to ignore some of their biggest advice. Entering my Human Era. I’ve decided to stop trying to be a cohesive “brand.” Is this a bad idea? Possibly. Would I grow faster if I followed branding advice? Assuredly. But it is not…
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How I Survived My First Author Event
Read more: How I Survived My First Author EventLast week I attended NWA Book Fest… my first appearance as an author. Indeed my first gathering of any kind since COVID times. I wanted to take some time to share about that experience. I’m attempting a bit of writing today while Davy “types” on his new keyboard and iPad app. I was so busy…
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Regenerating and Recovering
Read more: Regenerating and RecoveringNot yet archived. Read here: https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/regenerating-and-recovering
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More Reaching Than Rooting
Read more: More Reaching Than RootingThis week I’ve had more reaching energy than rooting. Here’s a recap of everything I’ve been working on (and some free printables.)
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Making 360 VR with a 3 year old collaborator ✨
Read more: Making 360 VR with a 3 year old collaborator ✨Creating a 360 virtual reality artwork with the help of a three year old collaborator. And some other bits and bobs.
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One Year of Magic ✨
Read more: One Year of Magic ✨I’ve been a photographer for as long as I can remember. Even as a kid I was drawn to photographing trees and birds and cowboy boots lined up beside the swimming pool. But somehow I had never tried a long term photo-a-day project. That is until Claire Venus proposed a year long creative collaboration. We…
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How it Feels to Be Time Blind ⏳
Read more: How it Feels to Be Time Blind ⏳Growing up I had no idea I was time blind. But I was already establishing coping mechanisms. Because I had no internal chronometer to distinguish between 5 minutes and 50 I would prepare for every outing far far in advance and find myself in a state of limbo unable to do anything but wait. This…
Cross Pollinate 🐝
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