Posts by dwitzel
Inspiration to Stay Sugar Free
I am 81 days into an unexpected, unplanned and unwanted home renovation. Adding to my bad mood syndrome is pre-cooked, pre-assembled, p...
Find Creative Buddies To Walk With You
The history of art is filled with artists who supported each other in bringing new things into existence. Painters like Joan Miro and S...
Winning Artists, Like Champion Athletes Need Criticism
I admit it. I love watching the TV show, Dancing with the Stars. For me, it’s more than entertaining. It has shown me what it takes to ...
Portrait of the Inner Critic
In my Artist’s Way Workshops, I often ask people to bring in a picture of their inner critic . . . the one that says things like:
“Y...
How to Create Creativity
You want to be creative and breed creativity in your workplace, right?
Do you consider yourself to be “creative?”
Ask a group of ...
5 Things to do to Silence Your Critic
Our internal critic can bring us to excellence or paralyze us in procrastination. Recently, my critic did both. I wrote and performed t...
Stepping into a sugarless life felt like signing up for my first art class
I meet up on the phone with nutritionist Margaret at Eat Naked Now. According to Margaret, by giving up sugar, wheat, and dairy I would...
Writing morning pages “like an oxygen mask.”
You’ve heard a flight attendant say “In the unlikely event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop down from the pan...
Reset Required
What Happened
One day I looked in the mirror and realized I embodied a Glamour Don’t. My pantie line and muffin top was a tell-all a...
Less Sugar More Creativity
I was fat, and the sugar detox was my chosen cure. My expectation was a thinner me. I didn’t count on the resulting creativity boost. I...
