Elle Luna on creative blocks and making it BIGGER 🎧
Episode 1 of #The100DayProject Podcast is here
Hello, friends!
In case you missed it, we made a podcast! For the first episode, I sit down with my dear friend Elle Luna – designer, painter, writer, and #The100DayProject leader – to talk about the origins of the project, how it’s evolved over the 12 (!) years since she started the online version, and more.
Our conversation explores the transformative power of daily creative practice, how she works through creative blocks, and why sometimes the best approach is to "make it bigger."
Here are some of the resources Elle mentions:
"The Crossroads of Should and Must" by Elle Luna
Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ writings on essence
Michael Bierut's "Five Years of 100 Days" article
Stan Grof's work on holotropic breathwork
Key themes of the episode:
Working through creative blocks by examining internal resistance
The importance of dedicated creative space and time
Using repetition as a tool for artistic development
DO SOMETHING!
Listen wherever you get your podcasts – Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and more. You can also read the transcript here.
👉 Head to elleluna.art where she shares updates about her painting practice and upcoming workshops.
By the way, are you doing the project this year? 👇
Elle will be co-hosting a live 14-week Process Painting class this spring (but enrollment isn’t open yet!). Curious to give process painting a try? Join Elle and process painting pioneer Stewart Cubley on Saturday, February 8th from 10AM-1PM PT for a $75 class. It’s on Zoom, and you don’t need to have any experience to join. Claim your spot here. And if you like it, grab your spot for the 14-week class!
I hope you enjoy the episode. And if you do, please leave us a review and subscribe – it helps so much.
XO,
Lindsay
P.S. We’ll be sharing the start date in the next few days, so keep an eye out. In the meantime, I’ll be leading a workshop on how to design your project. Here’s the details if you’d like to sign up!
This is super exciting and reflects a special synchronicity for me that I want to share with you:
A few days ago I decided spontaneously to develop a couple of daily practices. One came from reading an essay about Carl Jung that said that he had a period of his life when we made mandala every morning. The other was, honestly, born out of my insomnia when I realized I have this box of dreamy winter postcards next to my bed for "Unwinding" that I could write to people I love at 4am. As the processes were crystallizing, I realized that it so happens that there are 100 pages in my notebook and 100 postcards in the box.
And then today your lovely email came in, reminding me that I have been a part of a #100dayproject in the past and apparently I am again:) I will be listening to your podcast episode this week as I am sure it will have some particularly succulent gems for me. And I am grateful to be on my #100day journey already. Sending you many best wishes for the flourishing of these endeavors. I feel the magic of them!
I loved this episode!! Thank you ❤️