Shareable Art:The Power of Paying Art Forward
I’ve always been a pay-it-forward kind of person, and that’s why I love shareable art. Sharing my art keeps me inspired to create, and it’s helped me learn how to make mixed-media work. Over the past thirteen years, I’ve swapped postcards, traded artist trading cards, exchanged paper scraps, swapped art journals, and gifted my art to strangers, friends, and family.
The truth is, I’ve given a lot of my art away. This is partly a way of practicing letting go, not grasping and holding onto things. Setting them free, saying goodbye, and being okay with not having them in a collection—these are all ways to practice mindful detachment.
Besides, the making of it is what gives me joy! Once a thing is made, ...
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