The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I try to see my life one year at a time and that’s as far as I can handle. This year I set seven big goals to work on throughout the upcoming months and that’s my focus for now. Next year I’ll…

I didn’t feel like writing today so no poems. I wrote every single day this week besides today so I feel accomplished. Hopefully tomorrow I will feel more creative. I’m trying to be gentle with myself in April because in March I wrote an entire poem every single day. In…

I wrote a little bit today. Nothing amazing. I just took an existing poem of mine that I didn’t like very much and added to it, fleshed it out a bit. The end result is okay. It’s a little bit about vanity in middle age. Describe something you learned in…

What’s the most fun way to exercise? The only way I enjoy exercise is running and that is if I have been doing it for a while. If I get out of the habit, picking it back up is hard, but if I keep at it, I start enjoying it…

I wrote a little bit today but nothing worth sharing. Goal achieved though. I did a bit and that’s all I’m aiming for. Doesn’t matter if it’s the worst poetry ever written or my very best work. What matters is I do the thing every day. I learn from failures,…

I bought a book of illuminated letters hoping it might inspire me to do something creative visually that was a little bit easier than trying to come up with an abstract drawing every single day, but now I’m really nervous about it. Why does art cause me such anxiety? Well…

I’m trying to reduce my social media time to twice a week (blog on Saturday and Instagram on Sunday). It’s been affecting my creativity as I’ve started seeking people’s approval desperately and checking my notifications every 30 minutes. I don’t want to write poetry for other people, it’s for me,…

What’s something most people don’t understand? That the universe does not revolve around you. I forget this too often and get swept up in my personal dramas. It’s hard to conceive of this entire universe around us that exists regardless if we are having a bad day, if we are…