THE ARTIST’S DECK: PRACTICAL CARDS FOR EVERYDAY CREATIVE CHALLENGES BY BETH PICKENS

A healing tool that empowers creatives of all types to confront their shadows and embrace their art. Whether you are grappling with jealousy, rejection, imposter syndrome, or over-commitment, this 52-card deck can help you face your fears and transmute them into opportunities for expansion, creativity, and growth.

Creative roadblocks are a fact of life for every artist, and every artist needs tools to help them clear the path.EnterThe Artist’s Deck, created by arts counselor and author Beth Pickens, to help you return to your art, no matter what obstacles you encounter.

In this handy, interactive card deck, Pickens identifiescommon traps, feelings, myths, and blocks that artists encounter and offers insight into working through each one. Each card describes an obstacle and poses reflection questions and exercises to transform that obstacle into a source of inspiration and generative energy. Whether you seek guidance on a specific topic or use the deck as an oracle tool to inspire growth,The Artist’s Deckwill support you as you work through the creative challenges that come your way.

CREATIVITY + SELF-CARE:Mindfulness CardsmeetThe Artists Wayin this self-help tool crafted specifically for artists. Select a card and develop a practice of reflection and action to acknowledge your anxieties, consider new perspectives and approaches, and overcome creative hurdles with self-awareness and self-compassion.

EXPERT AUTHOR: Beth Pickens holds a masters degree in counseling psychology and has a long history of experience advising and supporting artists and arts organizations. She is perfectly positioned to offer advice on navigating the many challengesstructural and internal, practical and metaphysicalthat artists face.

A VERSATILE TOOL:The Artist’s Deckis portable, adaptable, succinct, and flexibleit’s a hands-on, tactile tool for disrupting the patterns that keep you from making your art. Keep it in your bag and reach for it whenever you need it, whether you’re at home, in the studio, on a train, in an office, or going off the grid at an immersive retreat.