Following your own creative path with Kimberly Kuniko

Create Shift

It’s time for another episode of the Create Shift podcast!

I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation with my guest Kimberly Kuniko (aka Lacelit). This is a beautiful conversation filled with magic all about creativity, the ‘rules’ around it and our mutual desire to abandon them. If you’re in a place where you feel your artistic identity is shifting, where you’re questioning if you’re allowed to do something - if you have the ‘right’ experience - this conversation will be like a magic balm for you.

Kimberly Kuniko (she/her) is a mixed-race Nikkei American illustrator, collage + mixed media artist, and poet based in what is now known as Los Angeles, California (unceded Tongva land). Her Japanese roots inform her art through a love of paper, finding the connection between things, balancing delicate detail and texture, and layering stories together. She enjoys designing for her stationery brand Lacelit, hosting guided retreats for creatives of all mediums, and facilitating the Dream & Scheme Community for Small Business Owners. Find her creations and community spaces online in these cozy spaces:

home // lacelit.comsubscribe // bit.ly/lacelit

shop // lacelit.com/shop

create // lacelit.com/creativity-club

dream & scheme // lacelit.com/ds-community

retreat // lacelit.com/workshops

read // kimberlykuniko.substack.com

ig // @lacelit

cara // @lacelit

Topics discussed

* Kimberly’s own winding creative journey from performing arts to visual arts

* ‘Expert’ status and questioning our right to do things as self-taught artists

* Challenging the arbitrary rules of who can and can’t access creativity

* How following curiosity is such a big part of creativity

* There is no one route to creativity

* The value of not knowing the ‘rules’, not being an ‘expert’

Quotes

“I find I make the most interesting things when I’m taking those restraints away”

“part of the expression is the sharing of it”

“there’s no wrong time to start”

“when you are a creative person and you have ideas, any kind of different stumuli or ideas can give you more inspiration”

“a creative life is one that is open to experimentation and play”

Links

* Previous Create Shift episode on the audience as part of the creative process

* Coach with me - I’m currently taking on new 1:1 clients and would love to work together. Book a curiosity call here.

* Trauma Sensitive Theatre & Performance Making Course - earlybird spaces available for booking until 31/07/2024.

* Sign up to my newsletter here.

* Come to the Rebellious Artists’ and Creatives’ Café monthly free gathering space.

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