Love your boundaries

Some people say they need freedom so their creativity can flourish. I understand what they mean but can not agree. Working many years in art, education, and creative industries, I have learned creativity thrives when it bumps into boundaries.

(It is not totally counterintuitive. Children also feel safer and prosper when they feel the boundaries their parents set clearly. Don’t they?)

I learned to understand “boundaries” as something that helps define the space, the problems, and the resources we work with. They make these more clear to us. When we feel the existing resources are not enough, we become creative and find new ways to use what is there to solve problems.

Or when we encounter some of our own boundaries (personal, cultural, skills…), working from them, we may develop a unique, authentic style. Perfection is so very dull, don’t you think?

But boundaries are not something static. By taking risks in our art, we push them, expand our comfort zone, and may propel our creativity to unimaginable heights. Thus we embark on a thrilling artistic adventure.

Challenging ourselves to explore new territory, we break free from familiar patterns.

We allow ourselves the freedom to explore new artistic avenues.

Hi, I’m Vera …

I help courageous women who want to live better lives reconnect with their inner artists and express themselves through the arts.

Whether they are beginners or experienced creatives who feel drained or stuck, teaching them to open themselves to painting, I help them feel relaxed, fulfilled, focused, ageless and alive!

I am also the founder of the Rabbit the Creator studio (based in Ljubljana, Slovenia/ Europe) and have more than 25 years of experience working as an artist, creative director, and educator.

About Talent

If it weren’t for Haruki Murakami’s writing, I probably wouldn’t be saying this. In the book that I am currently reading, South of the Border, West of the Sun, he mentions art and says: “There is a border some people can and some cannot cross…”. I think most of the people might agree with him, including me. We call this ability “having talent”.

I have many times been confident to have some, many times doubted it severely. However, I am not here to talk about myself or other professional artists.

I’d like to put some light on people who liked drawing and painting as children but at some point stopped doing it. Why did they stop? Although their love for art never really vanished, once, for some strange reason, these people said to themselves: “I don’t have talent”. And this sentence stopped them from doing something they love.

I think I started teaching art to adults because of that sentence. Every time I hear it, I want to prove it wrong. The truth is, when you are 40 or 50 years old, saying to yourself “I don’t have talent” (or “I do have talent”) misses the whole point. And the point is DOING. When, how and how much you can.

Because starting to practice art when you are all grown up IS about playing with colors and lines, inner growth, being curious, trying to express your inner self. It is about relaxation, work life balance, letting go, joy, courage, meditation, beating your inner critic and much more.

So please, stop saying or thinking “I don’t have talent” and start enjoying making art.

Hi, I’m Vera …

I help courageous women who want to live better lives reconnect with their inner artists and express themselves through the arts.

Whether they are beginners or experienced creatives who feel drained or stuck, teaching them to open themselves to painting, I help them feel relaxed, fulfilled, focused, ageless and alive!

I am also the founder of the Rabbit the Creator studio (based in Ljubljana, Slovenia/ Europe) and have more than 25 years of experience working as an artist, creative director, and educator.