marti mcginnisMar 9, 2021Not A Tidy YearA 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 mcginnisOct 26, 2020The Miracle of the Monarch ButterflyYou who go through the day like a wingèd tiger burning as you fly tell me what supernatural life is painted on your wings so that after...
marti mcginnisOct 19, 2020How Music Can Influence Your ArtIn My Studio In artist's studios everywhere it is pretty standard to hear tunes playing while the creative within does her thing. Music...
marti mcginnisOct 5, 2020HappyArt Does Inktober2020Drawing Challenges Are Awesome! When it comes to drawing challenges, I am a big fan. I’ve participated in a few over the years. It’s a...
marti mcginnisSep 28, 2020Creating HopeThese days we feel inundated with uncertainty. The American political scene is fraught with discord that is difficult to ignore. Then...
marti mcginnisSep 14, 2020Redesign Yourself As A Luchadore!Lucha Libre is HUGE in Mexico! Translated it means "free wrestling" but is so much more than America's WWF. Lucha Libre is wrestling...
marti mcginnisSep 8, 2020Mind Mapping For Enhanced CreativityWhat is creativity? Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed. The created item may be intangible...
marti mcginnisAug 31, 2020Create A Totem Pole Sketch For Your MoodThese days I'm doing what I can to keep my creative juices flowing and my sanity intact. One way to do this is to reach deep inside and...
marti mcginnisAug 19, 2020The Quiet Calm of Making MandalasIf you can stand it, these are the times of great self awareness for many citizens of the United States. Not just personal awareness but...
marti mcginnisAug 17, 2020Reality’s Pluralities: Living The Multiverse Life For RealReality, what a concept. -Robin Williams Choose your reality. In this time of COVID I have come to learn about the multiplicity of life...
marti mcginnisAug 3, 2020Writing Exercises for Visual ArtistsYour normal access to creativity can be enhanced by exploring challenges novel to your normal routine. For visual artists, especially...
marti mcginnisJul 27, 2020The Art of NatureThe stresses of how the pandemic is impacting North America's two southern countries, the U.S. and Mexico, are taking a toll on the...
marti mcginnisJul 6, 2020The Queen of Mexican Surrealists: Lenora Carrington“The visual world is totally different from the intellectual game. The visual world has to do with what we see in space and it changes...
marti mcginnisJun 30, 2020How To Write The Unthinkable With Lynda BarryLynda Barry is exactly 1 year 364 days older than me (b. January 2, 1956) and her quirky cartoons were becoming popular in newspapers...
marti mcginnisJun 22, 2020Embracing Your STORYThe whole of who you are is all a part of your Story. It's a good practice to curate lists and collections of things that inspire you. ...
marti mcginnisJun 15, 2020Starting to Focus on Your Mission as an ArtistFiguring out WHY you make your art is a super important aspect of discovering how to set your art apart, give it it's own voice and have...
marti mcginnisJun 8, 2020Create Your Own Artistic LicenseThoughts on artistic license: One way to consider this is: Artistic license means an artis tallows leeway in his or her interpretation of...