What I know, don't know, and can do.

Plus, July zine goes out soon!

First, a quick note.

July PHOTO ZINE: I’m designing my July zine right now and it will go out via snail mail next week to my paid subscribers with a note. If you’d like to receive one, go here for step-by-step instructions. If you have any tech issues, email corinne@corinnemakesart.com. Thank you!

Some thank you notes to my paid subscribers.

I’ve been gaining clarity lately about what I know, don’t know, and what I can actually do about it. So, I wanted to share my thoughts here. It helps me to write them out and maybe you’ll find something helpful too.

What I know:

• I am most at peace and connected with the sacred (aka in “flow” or connected to something greater than myself—whatever you want to call it) when I’m taking photos.

  • Same goes for the experience of connecting with someone who sees my work and feels moved.

  • Same goes for feeling moved through someone else’s work and sharing that with them.

  • It’s a circle.

What I don’t know:

• Results + reception.

  • Is this going somewhere? Will I make money? Will people like what I create? Do I look like a fool?

    • I will never be able to predict these things and trying to only drains my creative spirit. (This could also go under “What I do know”)

What I can do:

• I can have the courage to…

  • Submit my photos to open calls (ex. Create Magazine)

  • Make “business” cards for my creative work. (I made mine through moo.)

  • Create a 70-day plan to help me expand my photography path through the summer and into the fall (ChatGPT helped me).

    • Note for paid subscribers: I’m going to take you on this journey with me if you’re interested!). Stay tuned…

  • Invest in my photography knowledge + community by signing up for courses/workshops (ex. The Deepening with

    Catherine Just
    )

  • Share without explanation. I don’t have to have the answers—my work is to create and share. I don’t need to know where this is going.

  • Join new creative communities (ex. The Yards Collective in Rochester, NY).

  • Get my administrative life organized—financially and otherwise. (Hiring a bookkeeper helps!).

  • Build creative community. I have started to do that locally and my go-to places online are Ray of Light and Focus Circle (I co-run these spaces with

    Tammi Salas
    ).

xo, Corinne

P.S. I’m releasing 11 limited edition 8 x 10 prints titled Threshold on the fall equinox (9/22/25).

P.P.S. Paid subscribers get a something photo-related in their mailbox from me each month. (Plus early access to my seasonal limited-edition print releases).