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Stepping Off the Doom Train: Why I’m Leaving the News Cycle (and Why You Might Want To, Too)
How and why to leave the 2025 news cycl and reclaim your equanimity - especially for artists.
marti mcginnis
Feb 26
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Exploring the Uncharted Territory of Creativity: A Year of Going with Sketchbook Whims
Filling A Sketchbook Being an artist comes with its own set of challenges. People often try to compartmentalize us, putting us in...
marti mcginnis
May 8, 2023
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#Inktober2022 From HappyArt
It's a wrap! #Inktober2022 finished up on October 31 and I had fun participating once again. The great thing about such challenges is how...
marti mcginnis
Nov 9, 2022
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Deep Diving Into The Why Of Self
Sometimes your creative process gets put on hold as you take a closer look at why you do what you, creatively, socially, in...
marti mcginnis
Jun 6, 2021
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A Quick Catch Up With Marti
A colleague has asked my speak to her Artists Group on some of the aspects I've experienced as creative person for these past few...
marti mcginnis
Apr 1, 2021
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The Dull Roar Of Life's Choices
I live with my almost-seventy year old husband on a small ranch in the middle of Mexico's central highlands. I'm putting on years too,...
marti mcginnis
Mar 25, 2021
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Not A Tidy Year
A Weird Anniversary I have arrived at the one year mark of personally coping with the repercussions of Covid. I knew when I committed to...
marti mcginnis
Mar 9, 2021
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A Rejuvenating Break From Social Media
I posted the following on my Facebook profile this morning: Hello my friends. These have been some very challenging months lately, no?...
marti mcginnis
Jun 12, 2020
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Where Has My Motivation Gone — And WHY?
| May 15, 2016 | NOTE: This is a post meant to help others like me out there who may have been mis or under diagnosed for the same...
marti mcginnis
May 15, 2016
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