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Revisiting “The Artist’s Way” Journey for Creative Inspiration in 2020

For the beginning of 2020, I decided to revisit the life-changing book, (which is more like a workbook for creatives and artists), “The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. I picked it up and completed the 12 weeks of tasks about seven years ago, and in hindsight, it’s really what sparked me to take my creative …

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Creative Inspiration #5

Art & Design Inspiration Roundup The ARTLABguide’s dose of curated works, from contemporary fine art, to illustration, and the numerous fields of design to inspire you to find the creative in the everyday and fuel your creative habit. Hey LABgeeks! This week’s inspiration has inspired by The Futur’s Young Guns Season 2, which aired it’s …

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What is the ARTLABguide?

Aside from being the official blog to my creative studio, ARTLABkma–the ARTLABguide is a place to document the business of design, creativity, entrepreneurship, and everything in between.   If I were to describe my creative and business practice it would be this:   The business of design is to make the world a better place. …

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Just Keep Going

I have a confession to make: 10 years ago I gave up on Graphic Design too soon. So this post is for young designers or anyone just starting out. If you’ve been thinking to start something of your own or really want to pursue your passion, whether in a business or through freelance, even if …

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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

Happy 2019–Hope you all had a happy holidays and a great first week into the new year! I took some time during and after the holidays to not only rest and relax as well as catch up with family and friends, home life, but also take some time to plan and reflect over the last …

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“Consider Everything An Experiment”: The Namesake for my Creative Studio

Over 5 years ago, when I was dubbing my art studio space “the lab”, I came across a Brain Pickings article on Sister Corita Kent’s “Art Department Rules”. These set of rules inspired my art practice and art making since, and especially Rule 4: “Consider Everything An Experiment”. Whenever I’m stuck, or trying to work through something, …

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Everything is Figureoutable: You Are More (CPT) Mashup

I set an intention to push myself further this year, especially in my creative career, and within the past few weeks I dove deep into the world of podcasts. Honestly, they never appealed to me (:::gasp, I know:::) until more recently, and I definitely think my longer commute to work has attributed to it. But, …

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