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Close-up of a check for a million dollars with article title about finding your creative true north.
By Becky Murdoch January 28, 2026
Explore how risk, passion, and persistence reveal your creative true north and why fulfillment often means choosing purpose over comfort.
Questions to Calibrate Your Creative Compass with gears and article title by Steven W. Alloway
By Becky Murdoch January 21, 2026
Learn how to set meaningful creative goals by aligning your why, what, when, where, who, and how to create a clear and sustainable creative path.
Detroit skyline at sunset with title about navigating creative direction
By Becky Murdoch January 13, 2026
An honest reflection on trusting the next step, rediscovering your “why,” and following your creative compass through transition and uncertainty.
Hand turning down a radio volume with text about knowing your creative why
By Becky Murdoch January 7, 2026
Discover what gets quieter when you know your creative why. This Epiphany Space guide helps creators reduce comparison, pressure, and anxiety to focus with purpose.
Person wearing futuristic pink goggles, symbolizing curiosity and uncertainty about the future
By Becky Murdoch December 31, 2025
In this reflective essay, Steven W. Alloway explores what the future truly holds through lived experience, humor, and hard-earned wisdom. A meditation on uncertainty, resilience, joy, loss, and hope, the piece invites readers to embrace change without blame or false certainty.
Epiphany Space The Spark graphic with swing chair and Swing in the New Year text
By Becky Murdoch December 27, 2025
Swing in the New Year big band jazz playlist graphic by Epiphany Space
Egg suspended in a glass of water, symbolizing experimentation and reflection for the coming year
By Becky Murdoch December 17, 2025
Steven W. Alloway reflects on creativity, memory, and accomplishment, proposing a simple practice for tracking creative wins throughout the year to counter self-doubt and celebrate meaningful progress.
Stack of old black-and-white photographs used to symbolize reflection and personal growth.
By Becky Murdoch December 9, 2025
Intentional reflection—not experience alone—is what fuels real creative and personal growth. This article explores how clarifying your identity, purpose, motivations, and dreams helps you evaluate your experiences wisely and move forward with confidence, direction, and renewed vision.
By Becky Murdoch December 3, 2025
Check out our December mixtape, Classic Christmas, to SPARK your creativity!
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