Mari ANdrew

Becoming A Full-Time Creator

 

Episode Notes (by minute):

-2:00: How Mari has used creativity since she was a kid as a bridge to connect herself with others

-3:00: How Mari decided to create watercolor illustrations daily in 2015 as a way to lift herself up and push herself out to the world one day at a time

-3:30: How Mari has never really known wanted she wanted to be when grew up besides being a communicator

-5:30: “I’ve been rejected in every area of my life more than I think anyone. I feel like it's like a full time job to be rejected. And I've gotten so good at it.”

-8:00: Mari shares a story about creating work equivalent of how people feel about whiskey. “the more specific you are, the more authentic you are, and the more singular your voice is, it’s like most people won't like it. But the ones who do connect to it are going to connect really hard.”

-9:30: “If you want a special life, special things are gonna happen to you.”

-10:30: How getting really sick and being temporarily paralyzed from the neck down opened up a new portal for creating for Mari and saw creativity as a way to being in service to people 

-14:00: How Mari started creating content for people not being seen as a way to try to help them. One example of this was her Mother’s Day illustration 

-18:00: “Listen to your life, pay attention to your life, listen to your soul. And that's going to be what guides you.”

-19:30: How Mari thinks about looking inward vs previously looking outward. And that she has everything she needs her current 2023 theme

-22:00: “We are a culture that has so much information, and so little wisdom. And if we're going to cultivate that wisdom, we have to stop like reaching for information.”

-24:30: How creating a new watercolor each day created a domino of other good things in Mari’s life 

-31:00: On how to internalize feedback from others by not letting your ego get in the way 

-35:00: How Mari’s writing has usually been emotionally processed by her, making her more comfortable in posting it. “If my life is a potato, then my writing is like a bag of potato chips.”

-37:00: Mari’s journey of developing self-trust vs self-doubt. And how a rock-bottom feeling helped Mari get to where she is today

(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)

Published Date: 6/8/23