{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"341: Inspiration can take a back seat (w\/ Danielle Clough)","description":"Danielle Clough is a multi-disciplinary artist from Cape Town, South Africa who specializes in the mediums of embroidery, photography, graphic design and video art. She has been profiled by Instagram, Colossal, CNN, Vogue and The New York Times and had her work and in various exhibitions in South Africa, The USA and Russia. Her new Skillshare class shows the basics of how she creates so that you can give embroidery a try for the first time. Full shownotes: http:\/\/yourcreativepush.com\/danielleclough In this episode, Danielle discusses: -Her mindset when she made the decision to quit school and also to change career paths. -Learning to trust our heart and our instincts when they tell us that things aren\u2019t right. -How we sometimes think too far into the future and put too much pressure on ourselves before, during and after the creation process. -Her biggest takeaways from Red & Yellow School of Logic & Magic. -Seeing herself as a brand instead of an artist and her work as a product as opposed to statements. -Keeping her personal life out of her social media presence. -Her perfect formula for defeating imposter syndrome (and also cultivating it). -Her mental state while creating pieces that take longer than a month. -How she often feels like she is the sum of the last thing that she created, for better or worse. -Why she doesn\u2019t like the word, \u201cinspiration.\u201d -Her advice for anyone who wants to get started with embroidery. Danielle's Final Push will inspire you to find the part of the creative process that brings you joy and build your work and your life around that!   Quotes: \u201cI stumbled into embroidery through a sequence of opportunities and mistakes.\u201d \u201cAs soon as you say you\u2019re going to \u2018stick something out,\u2019 that\u2019s probably an indication that it\u2019s not right for you.\u201d \u201cI always feel like I am the sum of the last thing I put together.\u201d \u201cThat motivation to actually turn something into something tangible is so much more important to focus on than those neurons firing for three seconds.\u201d \u201cTrust yourself and trust what you love.\u201d Links mentioned: Danielle Clough's Skillshare class Red & Yellow School of Logic & Magic \u201cBig Magic\u201d by Elizabeth Gilbert Connect with Danielle: Skillshare \/ Website \/ Facebook \/ Instagram On the next episode: Dan Berry : Website \/ Make it Then Tell Everybody Join the discussion in the Facebook group! ","author_name":"Your Creative Push","author_url":"http:\/\/yourcreativepush.com","html":"