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How to stop trying to do it all — 5 steps to choose the best project (and chuck the rest)
The Autonomous Creative Collective is the community of current students and alumni of the Creative Focus Workshop. Cartoonist, teacher, and graphic recorder Lisa Frühbeis went through a shakeup of how she works and thinks that hit Level 7+ on the Richter scale. The result? Lisa faced down her fears and scarcity thinking to say no…
Read MoreCoping With Staying at Home: How to Survive—and Thrive—While Under Quarantine
The Autonomous Creative Collective is the community of current students and alumni of the Creative Focus Workshop. Coping With Staying at Home: Wisdom from a 25-year vet of social distancing and sheltering at home If there’s anyone I trust to know something real and reliable about surviving, and thriving while trying to cope with staying…
Read More5 steps to Creative Focus, in sickness and in health
Writer Jennie Spotila says, “I thought my disability was a barrier to writing my book when, in fact, my disability just presented me with harder choices. Making art is part of you, and when you are sick, you need to remember who you are.”
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