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I just love what Louise Fletcher has to say about making art. Spoiler alert: she says it needs to be fun.

You heard me- FUN! She doesn’t use the term life-force, but that’s all I could hear during this sweet video.

She has a free 8 day course starting on Thursday that I’m very much looking forward to attending (online). I did it last year and it was incredible.

I picked up some limiting beliefs about my artistic abilities as a child that really caused me to shut down when it came to facing a blank page.

Give me a math problem or a reading assignment and I’m good. But an easel would trigger anxiety and a freeze response.

Now I’m happy to play with paints and experiment. I’m mostly cured of my conditioning about making a mess (oh the horror!), making a mistake (anything but that!) and wasting paper (it’s not wasted if it was used to create!).

If you’re not into art, I think this idea of doing what you love and making it fun is applicable to most of life, so if you have 7 minutes, why not have a look?