26. Claiming Your Creativity with Maria Minnis
Maria Minnis is an unapologetically Black writer, artist, ritual facilitator, and tarot reader who teaches people about blending their spirituality with liberation work. She has creatively worked with tarot for over 20 years and considers herself an eternal student of life, and thus the tarot. Her work is inspired by her belief that the end result of all magic should be to cultivate a more equitable and empathetic planet. Maria enthusiastically drinks from the flowing firehose of life and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Maria is one of my favorite artists (and humans) of all time! Her work inspires me deeply and it was such a huge honor and gift to share this conversation.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Maria’s journey with becoming an artist and writer and her experience with identifying as such
- Her experience with imposter syndrome and how she moves through it
- Incredibly helpful tips from Maria on how we can move through imposter syndrome and a process for self-defining ourselves as artists and creators
- Maria’s process for creative inspiration, how she receives creative inspiration, and how she moves through creative blocks
- More incredibly helpful tips on receiving inspiration including creating an inspiration tool kit
- Art making as ritual, magic, and alchemy and how Maria experiences this in her creativity and everyday life
Find Maria’s amazing work and art:
Website: mariaminnis.com
Instagram: @feminnis
Connect with me on my website waverlydavis.com and on Instagram @heywaverlydavis
