The Productivity Muse (Tara Erin)
@taraerin.bsky.social
I am the Manager of Executive Assistants at a New England area nonprofit #adminlife.
I'm equally passionate about #productivity and #creativity. Our collective and intentional creativity is our only true hope for fixing the problems we face.
I'm equally passionate about #productivity and #creativity. Our collective and intentional creativity is our only true hope for fixing the problems we face.
#CouncilofMuses is in session!
Enjoyed #SundaySanitySmashbook session yesterday with a fellow member of a local grassroots group.
Using a four-layer #metacognitivedrawing process, we explored current chaos and moved into a clear space for designing our response using #intentionalcreativity.
Enjoyed #SundaySanitySmashbook session yesterday with a fellow member of a local grassroots group.
Using a four-layer #metacognitivedrawing process, we explored current chaos and moved into a clear space for designing our response using #intentionalcreativity.
March 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#CouncilofMuses is in session!
Enjoyed #SundaySanitySmashbook session yesterday with a fellow member of a local grassroots group.
Using a four-layer #metacognitivedrawing process, we explored current chaos and moved into a clear space for designing our response using #intentionalcreativity.
Enjoyed #SundaySanitySmashbook session yesterday with a fellow member of a local grassroots group.
Using a four-layer #metacognitivedrawing process, we explored current chaos and moved into a clear space for designing our response using #intentionalcreativity.
Never have love and creativity been more important.
As the safety nets we, here in the USA, voted for, legislated, and funded are deliberately dismantled and looted, we will be called to replace them somehow, using everything at our disposal.
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#IntentionalCreativity
As the safety nets we, here in the USA, voted for, legislated, and funded are deliberately dismantled and looted, we will be called to replace them somehow, using everything at our disposal.
1/3
#IntentionalCreativity
March 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Never have love and creativity been more important.
As the safety nets we, here in the USA, voted for, legislated, and funded are deliberately dismantled and looted, we will be called to replace them somehow, using everything at our disposal.
1/3
#IntentionalCreativity
As the safety nets we, here in the USA, voted for, legislated, and funded are deliberately dismantled and looted, we will be called to replace them somehow, using everything at our disposal.
1/3
#IntentionalCreativity
Been feeling overwhelmed and paralyzed - then this popped up in my Readwise feed today.
Maybe time for a reread
#IAmOne #IntentionalCreativity
Maybe time for a reread
#IAmOne #IntentionalCreativity
February 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Been feeling overwhelmed and paralyzed - then this popped up in my Readwise feed today.
Maybe time for a reread
#IAmOne #IntentionalCreativity
Maybe time for a reread
#IAmOne #IntentionalCreativity
Love this passage, but feeling challenged by its assertion that curiosity is what compels us into unfamiliar territory.
Far more often, it is survival which pushes us into new places. Curiosity's role, I think, is to help us make the best of these new places.
#IntentionalCreativity
#TheResistance
Far more often, it is survival which pushes us into new places. Curiosity's role, I think, is to help us make the best of these new places.
#IntentionalCreativity
#TheResistance
February 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Love this passage, but feeling challenged by its assertion that curiosity is what compels us into unfamiliar territory.
Far more often, it is survival which pushes us into new places. Curiosity's role, I think, is to help us make the best of these new places.
#IntentionalCreativity
#TheResistance
Far more often, it is survival which pushes us into new places. Curiosity's role, I think, is to help us make the best of these new places.
#IntentionalCreativity
#TheResistance
Gift for a dear friend:
"With all this $#!+...
... surely I can make a garden!"
"With all this $#!+...
... surely I can make a garden!"
February 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gift for a dear friend:
"With all this $#!+...
... surely I can make a garden!"
"With all this $#!+...
... surely I can make a garden!"
Persephone: Dreaming of Spring
#intentionalcreativity #joyisresistance #artisresistance
#resist #Persephone
#intentionalcreativity #joyisresistance #artisresistance
#resist #Persephone
February 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Persephone: Dreaming of Spring
#intentionalcreativity #joyisresistance #artisresistance
#resist #Persephone
#intentionalcreativity #joyisresistance #artisresistance
#resist #Persephone
Serious Question: Can someone please tell me what "greater benefit" the current US shitshow is a seed for?
WHEN we are able to answer this question, then we can begin to solve the problem.
WHEN we are able to answer this question, then we can begin to solve the problem.
February 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Serious Question: Can someone please tell me what "greater benefit" the current US shitshow is a seed for?
WHEN we are able to answer this question, then we can begin to solve the problem.
WHEN we are able to answer this question, then we can begin to solve the problem.
Everything we bring into the world lives first inside of us.
What are you seeding?
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1865...
What are you seeding?
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1865...
January 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Everything we bring into the world lives first inside of us.
What are you seeding?
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1865...
What are you seeding?
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1865...
Who is this? She hasn't told me yet.
Any guesses?
#art #artist #artwork #artoftheday #intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
Any guesses?
#art #artist #artwork #artoftheday #intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
January 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Who is this? She hasn't told me yet.
Any guesses?
#art #artist #artwork #artoftheday #intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
Any guesses?
#art #artist #artwork #artoftheday #intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
How it turned out 😍
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
How it turned out 😍
Today's artwork, "She Walks on Water," is one of 4 new listings today at my Etsy store.
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1851...
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1851...
January 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Today's artwork, "She Walks on Water," is one of 4 new listings today at my Etsy store.
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1851...
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1851...
Persephone's Descent is one of four new listings on my Etsy store today.
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1865...
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1865...
January 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Persephone's Descent is one of four new listings on my Etsy store today.
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1865...
studiotaraerin.etsy.com/listing/1865...
How it started, and how it's going... (not done yet!)
#artoftheday
#tinyartretreat
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#adminlife
#artoftheday
#tinyartretreat
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#adminlife
January 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
How it started, and how it's going... (not done yet!)
#artoftheday
#tinyartretreat
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#adminlife
#artoftheday
#tinyartretreat
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#adminlife
January 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
January 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
And just a little more colorplay...
January 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
And just a little more colorplay...
Today's art eludes me...
A #tinyvalentine, perhaps?
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#artoftheday
#adminlife #tinyartretreat
A #tinyvalentine, perhaps?
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#artoftheday
#adminlife #tinyartretreat
January 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Today's art eludes me...
A #tinyvalentine, perhaps?
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#artoftheday
#adminlife #tinyartretreat
A #tinyvalentine, perhaps?
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#artoftheday
#adminlife #tinyartretreat
Today's #tinyart is less Klimt and more personal. Created on a call with a friend as we discussed how to build her new website organically vs. from a linear paradigm.
#IntentionalCreativity
#CreativeProductivity
#TinyArtRetreat
#ArtOfTheDay
#AdminLife
#IntentionalCreativity
#CreativeProductivity
#TinyArtRetreat
#ArtOfTheDay
#AdminLife
January 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today's #tinyart is less Klimt and more personal. Created on a call with a friend as we discussed how to build her new website organically vs. from a linear paradigm.
#IntentionalCreativity
#CreativeProductivity
#TinyArtRetreat
#ArtOfTheDay
#AdminLife
#IntentionalCreativity
#CreativeProductivity
#TinyArtRetreat
#ArtOfTheDay
#AdminLife
And sometimes knowing just what little touches will create from a basic product a work of art...
January 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
And sometimes knowing just what little touches will create from a basic product a work of art...
Today's 2nd take: Knowing when to stop is at least as important as knowing "what to do" - in work and in art.
#tinyartretreat
#adminlife
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#tinyartretreat
#adminlife
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
January 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Today's 2nd take: Knowing when to stop is at least as important as knowing "what to do" - in work and in art.
#tinyartretreat
#adminlife
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#tinyartretreat
#adminlife
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
Alas...it became an unfortunate casualty of trying too hard!
January 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Alas...it became an unfortunate casualty of trying too hard!
Today's beginning...
#tinyartretreat
#adminlife
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#productivitymuse
#tinyartretreat
#adminlife
#intentionalcreativity
#creativeproductivity
#productivitymuse
January 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
1.23.25 #miniartretreat first and final looks.
And as a bonus? I had one of my most creatively productive days at work in recent memory. I hat forgotten how effective this practice can be!
#intentionalcreativity #creativeproductivity #adminlife
And as a bonus? I had one of my most creatively productive days at work in recent memory. I hat forgotten how effective this practice can be!
#intentionalcreativity #creativeproductivity #adminlife
January 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
1.23.25 #miniartretreat first and final looks.
And as a bonus? I had one of my most creatively productive days at work in recent memory. I hat forgotten how effective this practice can be!
#intentionalcreativity #creativeproductivity #adminlife
And as a bonus? I had one of my most creatively productive days at work in recent memory. I hat forgotten how effective this practice can be!
#intentionalcreativity #creativeproductivity #adminlife
It's nothing complicated - in fact simpler is better.
By engaging with my medium for a few minutes, get out of my head just enough to find a new perspective.
#productivitymuse
By engaging with my medium for a few minutes, get out of my head just enough to find a new perspective.
#productivitymuse
January 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's nothing complicated - in fact simpler is better.
By engaging with my medium for a few minutes, get out of my head just enough to find a new perspective.
#productivitymuse
By engaging with my medium for a few minutes, get out of my head just enough to find a new perspective.
#productivitymuse
When work is overwhelming or unclear, even a few drops of color can make all the difference, clearing my mind and calming my emotions so I can get back to the work at hand with renewed energy and interest.
#intentionalcreativity
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#intentionalcreativity
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January 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
When work is overwhelming or unclear, even a few drops of color can make all the difference, clearing my mind and calming my emotions so I can get back to the work at hand with renewed energy and interest.
#intentionalcreativity
2/3
#intentionalcreativity
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