Creativity isn’t something we visit occasionally, it’s something we practice. The Daily Creative Habit newsletter is where artist and creative mentor Mike Brennan shares reflections, stories, and tools to help you reconnect with your creativity and build a practice that keeps it alive. Through insights from his own creative journey, conversations with other artists, and ideas you can put into action, you’ll discover how small, consistent acts of creativity can lead to meaningful work and a more connected creative life. If you want to stay curious, keep making things, and remain creatively alive, you’re in the right place.
Consistency beats intensity
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Daily Creative Habit
Creativity isn’t something we visit occasionally, it’s something we practice. The Daily Creative Habit newsletter is where artist and creative mentor Mike Brennan shares reflections, stories, and tools to help you reconnect with your creativity and build a practice that keeps it alive. Through insights from his own creative journey, conversations with other artists, and ideas you can put into action, you’ll discover how small, consistent acts of creativity can lead to meaningful work and a more connected creative life. If you want to stay curious, keep making things, and remain creatively alive, you’re in the right place.
Hi Reader, Over the past few weeks, I've been working on something a little different. With America's 250th anniversary almost upon us, I wanted to create a series celebrating some of the people whose stories helped shape the country. Instead of painting them realistically, I reimagined them in my Color Block style using a red, white, and blue palette. The collection includes George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Hamilton. As I've worked on these...
...And the year I couldn’t. Hey Reader This month marks 14 years of my Daily Creative Habit. Fourteen years ago, I made a simple decision. Show up every day. Create something. No matter what. And for 13 straight years, I did exactly that. Every day. But year 14 looked different. This past year, life asked something else of me. In the summer, I hit a wall. Burnout. The kind that forces you to slow down whether you want to or not. And then later in the year, I had a heart attack that took me...
Art is the bridge between what you see and what you feel. Hey Reader I experience life, create from it, and share what I discover along the way. Through art, words, and storytelling, I process what I am living and give others a way to see themselves in the work. The things I create are not just expressions of my journey, they are invitations for you to connect with your own. Whether it is a sketch, a painting, a book, or a conversation, my work is meant to help unlock ideas, feelings, and...