Tag: art

• Real life vs. Social Media

  For awhile now, I’ve been contemplating giving up Facebook, Twitter, and other social media, or at least curtailing the time I spend on it. I started participating in these platforms because I wanted to stay in touch with friends, and I’ve done that. I’ve reconnected with childhood friends, my friends from college and my time […]

  Shannon Anderson

  August 28, 2017

  My View, Writing

  art, creative writing, creativity, health, inspiration, media

• Practice Art to Be Forever Young

  A fellow blogger and wonderful writer, Paula Reed Nancarrow, has been taking a break from writing posts for the month of August and has instead complied a number of quotes from writers about different topics. She has used the using the hashtag #AUTHORity to  highlight authors’ views.  If you haven’t yet, you should follow her […]

  Shannon Anderson

  September 4, 2015

  Writing

  #AUTHORity, art, Freya Stark, Paula Reed Nancarrow, writing

• Reclaiming the Artist Within

  I’ve been sidetracked this summer, really for most of last year. I was teaching at a school where I wasn’t happy and was overworked, so much so that I developed a cyst on my vocal chords from talking for seven hours straight, five days a week. I resigned from that position earlier this year before […]

  Shannon Anderson

  August 24, 2012

  Writing

  art, Ashley Megal, deadlines