Making art and creative community with Anna Brones

Make art by honoring your creative cycles and connecting with creative communities. In this episode, artist and author Anna Brones shares how she balances input and output, and how allowing flexibility in creative structures can lead to more sustainable and fulfilling artistic practices.

Insights:

• Creativity is like breathing—both inhaling (inspiration) and exhaling (creation)


• Creative practices benefit from structure, but that structure can change and adapt


• It's crucial to recognize and honor periods of incubation and slower creative moments

"Structures only serve us as they serve us." – Anna Brones

About Anna Brones:

Anna is a writer, artist, and educator based in the Pacific Northwest. She works as a papercut artist, hand cutting illustrations from single pieces of paper, and is the author of several books. She produces Creative Fuel, a newsletter and podcast, and is the founder of Creative Fuel Collective.