Go out and create something today! Do not worry if the composition isn’t correct. Do not worry if it’s not what everyone else is doing. Do not worry about making sure it is your best work. Just go out and make art! It’s easy to get caught up in trying to make everything look perfect; trying to please clients, trying to make deadlines, trying to get published. We sometimes forget why we are on this path in the first place. Because we are artists! Because picking up a camera or a paintbrush or a pen feels like home to us. It’s in our being. It’s a huge part of who we are.

So, today, I give you permission to make something totally for yourself, just for the sake of making art. Sing, dance, photograph, paint, bake, craft, whatever! Let your creativity flow today and have fun with it!!

“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” -Kurt Vonnegut