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!




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
)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
).
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).



So clear! I’m going to write out my own !
Love you my friend! ❤️❤️