daily heART

creating one heart, every day, for one whole year.

10.16.2011

shadow created by a paper heart hanging under my desk light

Ellen Petti: Basically a self-taught artist, I have always been happiest creating. I started my daily heART on January 9th, 2011 although it took me 250 days to start my blog! I needed something to keep me accountable to being creative every day, and making something 365 was just the thing. I have some simple rules for myself: no found hearts - every heart must be created by me (one exception - the cloud!). I try to stay away from simply arranging things into heart shapes and create from a deeper and more thoughtful place. I avoid the temptation to seek out heart ideas so that I can create only from what's in me, not from some outside influence. This has been an amazing journey of artistic growth and commitment!

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Expecting Adam by Martha Beck
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life! by Noah Scalin
Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

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