Hira Sameer Ahmed
If you dream of building a creative work and life practice that works for you, it all has to come from you. If we start listening and believing what everyone else is saying and doing, we lose ourselves in that noise. We can’t focus on what really matters to us and what really does and
I started a hashtag a while back #ourstudiotime and it has turned to be an incredible collection of so many amazing works of art in such a little time. As of now, there are 2 thousand 8 hundred plus images. How amazing is that. Instagram continues to inspire me. I find myself clicking over the
Hello friend, How are you holding up? It sure feels like a strange, very strange time. I am finding it hard to focus on anything really. Even though my ‘normal’ life is very much alike the quarantine life except for morning yoga and afternoon walks. I have been living in Denmark for almost three and
For some reason, I never liked the word should. Wherever I hear it my head goes ding ding ding, pause. Consider an alternate approach. I used to think it had something to do with my rebel tendencies and as it challenges the way I value freedom. Freedom of thought. Freedom of speech. It is also
Oh, what an amazing transformational this year has been! I’ve been contemplating writing this review for many days. The reason why I was holding myself back from doing so was mainly that the kind of successes I’ve had this year doesn’t look good on paper. It was more on the personal growth level which can
Would you believe if I told you this: I’ve had the idea of this podcast for more than 2 years. I know. It took me all this time to make it a reality. It makes me wonder what was happening there. Whenever a new idea of a creative project comes to me, I try to
Community, to me, means an opportunity for collective growth and becoming. It is about friendship, support, and encouragement to keep going and showing up courageously even when things get oh so difficult. I’ve had a chance to connect with lovely humans all over the world on the internet and one thing that we all had
Let me tell you a story. See if you resonate with any or all of it. You are a creative human, introverted or not. You have dreams of expressing your creativity in ways that feel right for you. You long to create amazing things, you cannot not create, sometimes you doubt the wonderful things you are
I’ve been wondering about this question, why do I create? The only answer that came back to me was that I cannot not create. I don’t think I have a word to describe how that feels deep down or what how much it means to me that I keep creating. All I know is that
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Have you ever heard about what a Philomath is? I didn’t until I googled what a person who loves learning new things is called and learned that there is actually a word for it. How interesting is that? I love it when we stumble upon something that we thought might be so stupid to exist but
So yes, the #100dayproject_letspaint has come to an end. I have done a 100 day project twice in my life now – successfully both times and I certainly have learned a lot from this experience. The first time I did a 100 day project it was about practicing gratitude and counting my blessings as I
