Elise V AllanAug 10, 20212 minThe Freedom of Radical GraceGuest Post by LA Bourgeois All living beings make mistakes. And, we hate to make mistakes. We go to crazy lengths not to make mistakes....
Elise V AllanMay 16, 20212 min VALUING THE GAPS BETWEEN CREATIVE ACTIONS Many of us conflate our creativity with our productivity, maybe even over compensating for the popular view of artists as lazy and...
Elise V AllanJun 11, 20203 minThe Value of FrustrationFirst published May 31 2019 When making art, moments of grace sometimes occur, little shots of the miraculous when something ineffable...
Elise V AllanJun 11, 20201 minA Birthday Present for the Musefirst posted May 2019 This week I was invited to be Eric Maisel's guest blogger on Fine Arts America https://ericmaisel.com/2019/04/26/bi...
Elise V AllanJun 11, 20204 minSpring Cleaning The Routinefirst posted April 17th 2019 A man will enjoy today what exasperated him yesterday, wrote Jean Metzinger. I would add, and vice versa. On...
Elise V AllanJun 11, 20204 minThe Lifespan Of Emotions.first published April 2nd 2019 "The life span of any particular emotion is only one and a half minutes. After that we have to revive the...
Elise V AllanJun 11, 20203 minEquilibriumThinking positively, and thinking negatively don’t always do what they say on the tin. We might over focus on the torment, always...
Elise V AllanJun 11, 20203 minMorning Pagesfirst published March 5th 2019 It’s a month since I last wrote my blog; I missed the last fortnightly post. What happened? I got caught...
Elise V AllanJun 11, 20205 min“I Feel Nauseous Doing This.”first published February 6th 2019 I was coaching someone who experiences waves of nausea while making work. He’s hard working, dynamic,...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20203 minIn Celebration Of Persistence.first published January 2019 I like to call it determination. When I was in my mid twenties there was an event that confirmed the...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20204 minCarl Jung, Faltering In The Dark, And Choosing To Dive.first published November 21st 2018 “The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20203 minAnxiety And Boredom, Excitement And Patiencefirst published November 2018 I wrote before about Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s ideas on flow, with his diagram indicating that it occurs...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20204 min The To Don't Listfirst published October 24th 2018 More than one client has complained to me about the problem of having too many ideas. Each time I have...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20204 minMotivation and Appetitefirst published October 10th 2018 Thursday morning, last week, one of my teaching days, was spent giving a presentation to year 2 art...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20203 minBack to Workfirst posted September 2018 Re-introduced to Maria Popova’s wonderful Brain Pickings, I subscribed to her Sunday digest – a labyrinth of...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20203 minGetting Personalfirst published September 11th 2018 There were aspects of my upbringing that supported my freedom to create. I grew up with a lot of...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20204 minMy Good Friend, Anxietyfirst published August 2018 I blame creativity coaching. In an exercise, as a coaching student, where we co-coached on the topic of our...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20203 minBusy Timesfirst published August 14th 2018 It’s been a busy time; I’m preparing for an exhibition, having learned basic InDesign skills after a...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20203 minMistakes, Life and Lightfirst published August 2018 When I was a fourth year art student, I worked on the balcony in the Mackintosh at Glasgow School of Art...
Elise V AllanJun 10, 20204 minCelebrate your Supportersfirst published July 2018 I love the aspect of painting that allows me to feel self reliant and free in making decisions. When the part...