Meet Heidi Zin

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Heidi Zin. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Heidi, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?

I get my resilience from quiet time with myself in nature observing. Sitting in contemplation, pondering how things have affected me and how my mind can play tricks, thinking it has to rush, get it done now! When Im rushed I loose my inspiration because my mind becomes to cluttered with complication, the creative flow has no space to come into me.
I watch the birds dart too and fro past me. They Gather their life from bushes and trees and I watch the bees and I listen. I sit in quiet nature and I listen. Feeling what the breeze feels like as it brushes my skin. I listen till I make a connection with spirit and it moves me with an idea for a new piece or direction in an easy gentle natural pull.
As a younger person I loved nature, sitting in grass, picking flowers etc. and wondering and admiring the majesty of the intricate beauty of patterns, colors, shapes, everything is there to gather inspiration from. I wanted to aspire to this as an artist. Expressing the beauty of nature. This ability to sit and allow life in has led to my resilience in healing from traumas and the gift of being an artist. Its really the only thing I have ever wanted to be. To be able to create. Its natural and nature heals.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I focus on improving my vision, my craft and what it is I want to express through my artistic talents. I do my art for you the viewer. I want it to express depth and help lift. I feel it is a high calling. I stand in front of my substrate till I feel what spirit wants to move through me and express.
I have had shows, done business with my art product but it always seemed to pull me away from improving my skill and vision. It was very difficult for me to be pulled into the business of art. I wanted to perfect my vision, move forward and not be pulled to do the same thing over and again.
Someone else can come and help me with the business side. I look for people who love business as much as I love creating. I wanted to focus on what I loved and that took some time to develop. I had to learn to not compare myself to others, that was a hard job. My resilience helps me with this.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Practice drawing a lot daily. Love your craft, find joy and be turned on by it.
Study what interests you, personally I dove into Shamanism and journeying. A path of direct revelation. It helped me to develop and trust my imagination and visioning capabilities. I wanted my art to be uniquely my own.

Do you think it’s better to go all in on our strengths or to try to be more well-rounded by investing effort on improving areas you aren’t as strong in?

I have found for me, to go all in for my strengths and develop there. I would love to have a thriving print business, yet for me to get going I need a lot of tech education. That is not my love. I know there is someone who loves that as much as I love creating and that would be a winning ticket. To work with someone who also has vision and loves the business of it. When I sit to focus on the business of getting the work seen then i’m putting on another hat, a hat that is not as natural for me and I end up loosing my creative edge. Then it takes awhile for me to get back into my flow. My creativity needs a nurtured space. I have to be married to it.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://zinart.com
• Instagram: heidi_zin
• Facebook: Heidi Zin