The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

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…

I didn’t do anything creative today but I was pretty good about it this week and did 5 poems, 5 drawings, and I worked on my Bosch painting twice. So goal achieved for last week as far as creativity goes (I had set it at 4 days). Next week I…

I submitted three poems to an online poetry blog and got accepted. If I’m lucky, they’ll include me in their printed quarterly come summer (they’ve already released the spring quarterly). You can see the website below, but I’ll link it again the day I’m featured. https://samanthaterrell.weebly.com/shine-poetry-series I am still waiting…

I have started my Bosch study. It‘s really relaxing and low stress. I basically just color the drawing in slowly. Four of the days this week I will do an abstract drawing, but the other three days I’ll work on this. I adore his work and am inspired by it…