Subject: ♨Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

♨Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

June 22nd, 2019 at 5:19 pm PDT

Are You Doing the Work? Or Are You Concerned with Being in Control? "Just do your work. And if the world needs your work it will come and get you. And if it doesn't, do your work anyway. You can have fantasies about having control over the world, ...

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

April 28th, 2019 at 12:44 pm PDT

Permission: Being A Creative Resident I'm feeling an inward thrum, a tingling aliveness, from my time serving as creative resident beneath the majestic peaks of the North Cascades mountains. I recently returned from North Cascades Environmental Lear ...

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

December 31st, 2018 at 2:41 pm PDT

On Uncertainty and Play “Play is the exultation of the possible.” ―Martin Buber At the start of 2019, I'm yearning for creative possibility and looking back over a year that ...

✎ Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

October 5th, 2018 at 11:40 am PDT

Taking the Time "Draw, Antonio. Draw, and do not waste time." --Michelangelo to a student The above note on a student's artwork is said to have survived 500 years, a bittersweet testament to how short life is and yet how our creative endeavors, wr ...

✎ Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

October 5th, 2018 at 10:45 am PDT

Taking the Time "Draw, Antonio. Draw, and do not waste time." --Michelangelo to a student The above note on a student's artwork is said to have survived 500 years, a bittersweet testament to how short life is and yet how our creative endeavors, wr ...

✎ Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

October 3rd, 2018 at 6:54 pm PDT

Taking the Time "Draw, Antonio. Draw, and do not waste time." --Michelangelo to a student The above note on a student's artwork is said to have survived 500 years, a bittersweet testament to how short life is and yet how our creative endeavors, wr ...

✎ Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

May 30th, 2018 at 6:02 pm PDT

Creative Selfishness Many creatives feel flak when they choose writing over social obligations, or paying for a class instead of buying something for the house. Women, especially, get the message they are being selfish with their time and resources ...

♨Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

October 5th, 2017 at 5:23 pm PDT

Can You Face the Fire? “Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them." --Rabindranath Tagore My writing doesn't always do what I want. Sometimes I find myself on a creative path that feels threatening and scar ...

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

May 24th, 2017 at 4:41 pm PDT

Welcoming Spontaneity In a meeting today, my client, Lisa, beamed as she announced: "I'm seeing spontaneity in my writing!" When we started working together a few months ago, her voice on the page was predictable and boring—even to her. She was wr ...

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

April 24th, 2017 at 1:39 pm PDT

A License for Creative Adventure “You’re doing everything I wish I were doing, or used to do.” “How come you get to go so many places?” “You must be outdoors every week!” I hear so much longing and envy whenever I post phot ...