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The Artist’s Journey: Making The Journey Yours

February 17, 2019 by nancy hillis 5 Comments

The Artist’s Journey: Making The Journey Yours

Inside The Artist’s Journey Book: Personalizing Your Journey/Making The Journey Yours The artist’s journey is an inner journey. It’s about facing yourself and the inner perils of creating- and going ahead anyway. The Artist’s Journey book exhorts you to move closer and closer to your deepest self expression in your art and life. Artist Kathy Kimball […]

The Artist’s Journey: The Long Game

February 3, 2019 by nancy hillis 25 Comments

The Artist’s Journey: The Long Game

  There’s a big game today in America- the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is an an American sports tradition associated with the consumption of vast amounts of junk fund and the wagering of staggering amounts of money. The GDP of some small countries pales in comparison. It’s a zero sum game. There’s a winner […]

The Artist’s Journey: Highlights From The Book Launch

January 27, 2019 by nancy hillis 21 Comments

The Artist’s Journey: Highlights From The Book Launch

Highlights from The Artist’s Journey book launch   The Artist’s Journey Is An Inner Journey One of the lessons I’ve learned over the years in being an artist as well as working with artists in workshops and classes is that being an artist is ultimately an inner journey. While we learn concepts, principles and techniques, we find […]

The Artist’s Journey: Carpe Diem

January 20, 2019 by nancy hillis 49 Comments

The Artist’s Journey: Carpe Diem

   Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero -Horace, Odes (23 B.C.) I love this Latin aphorism from Horace’s Odes which translates to: “Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow”. Memento mori (remember you are mortal) is another phrase Horace used in relation to carpe diem to urge us to use the knowledge of our mortality […]

The Artist’s Journey: Celebrating Serendipity In Art & Life

January 13, 2019 by nancy hillis 8 Comments

The Artist’s Journey: Celebrating Serendipity In Art & Life

Serendipity in Art & Life A painting must be free to wander. The best works are those that seem to simply happen.   Michael Cutlip I love this quote by Michael Cutlip. Years ago, I was carving a marble sculpture, creating a hole through the piece that was emerging as an abstract heart, when the chisel […]

The Artist’s Journey: The “Adjacent Possible”

January 6, 2019 by nancy hillis 88 Comments

The Artist’s Journey: The “Adjacent Possible”

Trailer for My NEW Book: The Artist’s Journey: Bold Strokes To Spark Creativity   The Adjacent Possible   The sine qua non of being an artist is experimentation- it’s about continually evolving your art. -Nancy Hillis, M.D. Every move you make on your canvas creates the next possibility. The evolutionary concept of the adjacent possible […]

Living Your Artist’s Journey- Looking Forward, Looking Back

December 31, 2018 by nancy hillis 43 Comments

Living Your Artist’s Journey- Looking Forward, Looking Back

Living Your Artist’s Journey I’m Nancy Hillis of The Artist’s Journey and I’m so excited for the new year and also for the year we’ve had in 2018. I want to thank you for being here on the journey this year. Thank you for this year of living your artist’s journey. So many things have […]

The One Thing in Abstract Art

December 16, 2018 by nancy hillis 169 Comments

The One Thing in Abstract Art

I had an ‘aha’ recently after talking with artists in our Artist’s Journey group. We’d been discussing painting for yourself, finding what you love, searching and finding your way, exploring and experimenting. [Note: I have a video for you at the bottom of this post]. I saw that each artist was stretching and risking and […]

When You Finally Say Yes To Your Dream To Create

December 2, 2018 by nancy hillis 166 Comments

When You Finally Say Yes To Your Dream To Create

The Call to Create When you finally say yes to your dream to create, everything changes. You’re living your life and something calls you. You yearn for meaning, a new experience, something that brings you alive. But you hesitate. You’re afraid. You feel anxious and torn. You feel overwhelmed. You don’t know how or where […]

Gestural Self Expression In Art

November 11, 2018 by nancy hillis 35 Comments

Gestural Self Expression In Art

Gestural Self Expression in Art   Every summer I teach an art workshop for Stanford physicians at Stanford Sierra Camp with Jane Lombard, MD. Creativity and self expression is essential for everyone, including physicians. Stanford Medical School and Hospital has been on a mission of incorporating art into the medical school curriculum as well as […]

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  • The Artist’s Journey: Making The Journey Yours
  • The Artist’s Journey: The Long Game
  • The Artist’s Journey: Highlights From The Book Launch
  • The Artist’s Journey: Carpe Diem
  • The Artist’s Journey: Celebrating Serendipity In Art & Life

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