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Posts by Tara Leaver

Tara Leaver is an artist, writer, teacher, and creative mentor exploring the exciting possibilities of paint—and being useful—from her home studio based in Brighton in the UK. She currently runs two ecourses, Creative Spark {developed from her book of the same name} and Artist Inspired, both designed to bring out the artist in you.

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When You Lack Focus and Direction: Stop Looking for Your “Thing”

“More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.” ~Francois Gautier

Isn’t it funny—and annoying and brilliant—how often things turn out to be nothing like we thought they would?

Six years ago I was recovering from a breakdown and reacquainting myself with my long dormant artistic side, and I remember spending a lot of time wondering what my “thing” was.

You know, that one specific thing in this life that I was destined to do to be fulfilled, and ideally from which I would earn a comfortable living.

I had always loved creativity, and particularly art, and …