Rosanne Hansen
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Art Educator |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | Beginning January 1, 2016, following prompts in the book '365: A Daily Creativity Journal' by Noah Scalin, I did a creative activity every day for a year. Some days were really hard either creatively when I couldn’t figure out what to make, or mentally when the task was too daunting and I just wanted to skip a day. However, I took Noah’s advice from the beginning of the book “Sharing Your Work: It may be tempting to keep your daily project a secret, but having an audience can be an incredibly helpful and rewarding part of the experience…Accountability: It’s much harder to give up on a project when you feel like people actually care that you’re doing it.” While this advice wasn’t written specifically for me, I think it may be the best advice I’ve ever gotten. The likes and comments on my Facebook and Instagram posts were the motivation that kept me going with making and sharing art daily for the next 4 years. I was burnt out, thus spent the following 4 years, making and sharing art but with less frequency. In 2025, I started again with '365 Days Of Stitches' an embroidery project. With everyone asking what would be next, I decided 2026 would be the year of weekly collages. |
| Favorite books | 365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life! By Noah Scalin; 365 Days of Stitches: How to Create a Personal Embroidery Journal by Steph Arnold |