The mini art journals are nearly finished, but they have been temporarily put on hold. I will be sure to share more photos when I complete the last one (though it’s never the last one, let’s be real). I am working full steam ahead to keep up with the modules in the mentorship program. The course is with Wendy Brightbill. I have admired her art on instagram for a long time, and in the last two years began to take some of her courses. I really enjoy hearing her insights and watching her process, I am learning a lot. This past week’s module was on the creative process and she challenged us to do 100 works on paper. She said to think of them more as sketches, and not to necessarily make 100 finished paintings. I am so used to the idea of doing finished paintings that it has been hard breaking out of that mode. But I know that any time you undertake a challenge this large, that you are sure to bust out of some creative boundaries at some point.

I think the biggest thing so far has been the mindset shift. I realized that a lot of what has been holding me back creatively is fear. It masqueraded itself as perfectionism, insecurity, and imposter syndrome, but let’s just call it what it is: fear. God has been walking me through a lot of stuff in my life that had been holding me back, and I realized that a lot of what was hindering me creatively was actually tied to the things He has been setting me free from. I am looking forward to see where He takes me. I know He desires me to use this gift for His glory, and I don’t want to let Him down.

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