What's Love Got To Do With It?
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Creative play has nothing to do with my clients, but it has everything to do with filling me up.
Creative adventuring: we should all play, regardless of what it does for our clients or project.
Love what you do. Break out of the business side to make sure you can keep moving in your creative side.
When I do my work, I am as focused on what I love, and that can only serve my clients and the work I do better.
My clients trust me to be a part of their weddings - and that's a big piece.
Love what you are. We have all these pieces that define what we are and the work that we do.
Emily Post probably wouldn't like that - but fuck that. If my client wants something that is different, I'm going to support it.
Let the artist's boldness and sense of adventure trickle down to you.
Competition makes you humble, makes you better.
Believe in yourself and your creativity and what you have to offer.
I thought that all these disparate things that filled me up didn't make any sense, but they seemed to really serve the work that I did.
We have that "adventurousness" in us as creative people - it's just figuring out how to tap into it.
Love is bold. It's boundless, it's brave, it's risky, it's vivid, it's bright.
Doing something beautiful doesn't have to be this ginormous, impactful thing - it can be small and intimate and kind of take you by surprise.
We all need to remind ourselves what love means to us, and make sure we hold onto it to carry us through.
Creative Adventuring: You gotta go out and do things that make you want to come back to work.
Love is light. Love is bold. And it fills you up.
I never lose sight, that I cannot do what I do without the help, insight, collaboration, creativity, and energy of others.
Love is light. That is my touchstone. I call upon it when I am doubting who I am, doubting what I'm doing,
Don't be afraid to share what fills you up.