#9 ART TALK with Susan Hopkinson, Canadian Feeling-Better-About-Life-Expert

In this fascinating podcast episode, Susan Hopkinson talks about
creativity, inspiration and artist block. She also discusses the
link between creativity and inspiration, and she reveals the
secret to unlocking your creativity, finding inspiration, and
being in the creative flow.


Susan stresses here the importance of humility and letting go in
the art-making process. With this talk and like the previous
guest to The Pointless Artist Podcast, the Polish painter Kristof
Klimek, Susan sends out a clear and profound message of humility
in a visual culture dominated by ownership and the monetary value
of art.


Here's a snapshot from my art talk with Susan: Once you start to
contain what you’re doing while you are in a creative flow, and
you begin to make choices based on an idea of what you should do
instead, you “box yourself and your own creativity in”. Put
simply, artist block is not allowing yourself and your creative
energy to flow, as well as not letting go of your creative
impulse. "If you're not able to let go, nothing new can come in."
(Susan Hopkinson)


I wholeheartedly invite you to listen to my art talk with Susan
Hopkinson and to benefit from her wisdom!


Via The Pointless Artist Blog and The Pointless Artist Podcast, I
support the creative energy of life and the artists who
contribute to transforming this world into a freer, kinder, more
inclusive, caring, transparent, and compassionate place to live.
I firmly believe in the passion for art, the importance of
sharing knowledge and experiences, and the power of personal
stories to bring us together.


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