“Work hard and be nice to people.” This simple advice was given to artist and YouTuber Amanda Lee, and it has taken her farther than she could have ever imagined. Amanda started her channel as a high school freshman and six years later, she has grown to over 1 million subscribers who love her creative videos on doodling, journaling, and calligraphy.
“The whole point is to get past the ‘stuff'.” While we often think of minimalism as having less ‘stuff', it's not about the stuff at all. The goal is to get past the focus of material things in order to live a life that's truly meaningful to you.
It's the Season 3 finale of the Lavendaire Lifestyle Podcast! In this episode, I share exciting things coming for Lavendaire, insights on my relationship with my boyfriend that I've never shared with you all before, and a first listen of my new song about love.
Want to make a living by creating? Just know that your path won’t be straight and isn’t going to look like anybody else’s. Amy Tan, creator and author of Craft a Life You Love, will inspire you to do just that: craft a life you love, a life full of creative energy and flow, even if it takes a wildly unconventional path.
I've been working on next year's Artist of Life Workbook! Today I'm sharing my creative process on how I create a digital and physical product.
So inspired by my new room decor! I just got this world map cork board and am beginning to decorate it with polaroid photos of my favorite people and memories all around the world.
“The relationship you have with yourself is the only constant relationship you’ll have in your entire life.” – Kajal Pandey Truth: This is one of my favorite episodes to date. Kajal is a spiritual life coach and self love teacher, and she has so much wisdom to share. Listen as I share my story on how I … Read more
This past week, I was so inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert's podcast Magic Lessons. Here are some lessons from the podcast that got me out of my creative rut. Gilbert's new book, Big Magic, just came out this week and I am so excited to dive in and soak in the creative inspiration! Hope you guys can feel what I'm feeling too.
{ Ira Glass on Storytelling on Vimeo } I first saw this video years ago and I’ve seen it multiple times since. Tonight, I stumbled upon it again and it still strikes me with such impact. I always need to hear this, over and over again. I’ll be honest. My will for creativity has been weak lately. I’m often afraid. The … Read more
{ transcript } Today’s video is inspired by the book Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. In the book, the author talks about how important it is to incorporate analog activities back into the creative process. What this basically means is to go old school and create with your hands. Kleon says that “Computers … Read more