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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, 2025


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


#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


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


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


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


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


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


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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