Comments on: Let Your Art Move You

By: Stacy Honda

Stacy Honda — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:30:09 +0000

Thank you so much for your inspiration Brooke! This really resonates. I was just feeling down in the dumps for not doing all that I wanted to do this year. I definitely find it most fulfilling to create from feeling like I must create something and not forcing it. But I feel like I also end up waiting for time to open up to allow me to create. Then I don’t get to it and I just have all these notes and sketches and things swirling in my head. I think I need to schedule the time each week to create so that the time is available, but at the same time, not trying to force anything. I think that will actually help relieve the pressure. I love your “new way of expecting.” I’m putting that list on a note to myself and keeping it close by : )

By: Alice Saga

Alice Saga — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:56:17 +0000

omg! you hit such a nerve. daily i am feeling that i don’t do what i am supposed to be doing, creating capturing beauty. i let myself down daily. thanks for being you and being here.

By: Gallagher (Fit BMX)

Gallagher (Fit BMX) — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 03:15:19 +0000

Sorry I didn’t see this sooner.
I can’t think of any motivational ideas that could add to this. Your post is wonderfully inspiring! 🙂

By: Recounting » Promoting Passion

Recounting » Promoting Passion — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:24:03 +0000

[…] a lot of my forward momentum now on intuition and a certain blind eye to what others are saying. My last blog post details that. But for now, I’m looking at this past year as a way to do three […]

By: Lillian Merritt

Lillian Merritt — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:50:30 +0000

Thank you so much for this Brooke. I’ve been contemplating the next year a lot and have been thinking over how I usually go about a new year. I’ve decided to cut back on my goals and create what feels right. This blog post is reassurance and motivation to continue with that idea. Thank you so much!

By: Elif Barut

Elif Barut — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 03:58:40 +0000

Thanks for reminding me just on time…thanks a thousand times…

By: Linda Maveri

Linda Maveri — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:31:24 +0000

Brooke,
Somehow you always know what I need to hear. I’ve been creating two images for many days now. I’ve had every computer glitch. I’m working on a laptop with a finger track pad. Everything in Photoshop went haywire quite a few times, but the art needed to be made. And so I persevered. By golly, those images were going to be born, no matter what. I’m so glad I finished them. While they are not my usual (filled with humor), they do have a bit of magic, especially when you imagine the two sleeping girls dreaming about their flight on the bed. The Christmas Bed and The Christmas Bed Takes Flight are a part of a greater plan. I hope that my work will be “good enough” by next Christmas, because my wish is to be part of Karen Alsop’s Story Art Global Christmas Wish here in the U.S. where photographers create special Christmas composites for children who have to be in/stay in the hospital through Christmas. So “The Christmas Bed” & “The Christmas Bed Takes Flight” are my way of asking…”Am I good enough to do this, or will I be by then.” I’ve got the images at my website now, and my hope is that I get to do more like this, for kids who need a little sparkle in their lives. I’m hoping Karen gives me the thumbs up, but if not, I will still create and read all of Brooke Shaden’s words of wisdom…because that’s what your writing is to me. I’ve said it before, but you are truly an inspiration to us all. As sappy as it sounds, I’m so glad you’re a part of our world. It can be lonely when friends and family just “put up with” your art, and don’t/can’t really understand. You always get it.

By: brookeshaden

brookeshaden — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:51:18 +0000

In reply to Jay Coy. You are the loveliest, thank you Jay, truly.

By: Jay Coy

Jay Coy — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:45:26 +0000

I’m so thankful for discovering Brooke in my life recently. She has opened up my eyes and life to the direction I want to take my art. She has given me a new purpose in life and I’m so inspired.