Meet Heidi Zin

We recently connected with Heidi Zin and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Heidi with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?

Mostly I received my work ethic from my father, he was a task master. A hard worker with strong ethics.
But more importantly I developed it through having a dream from a very young age and never loosing site of that dream. My dream to be an artist has always defined me. It has been what I choose to do in life. I had heard from other artist and art professors in college, that it would take diligence and perseverance, to never give up. Plus I loved creating, it has been a driving force and one of my biggest pleasures in life. It turns me on to create beauty and drives me forward to the next piece. I love working in the studio. Being surrounded by all the colors, papers and canvases. I always wanted to perfect MY vision. Even the failures I have learned from, and possibly used bits and pieces for other works. I think life would be rather dull if not creating.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

I spend most of my days in my studio on my craft. I am always working on the next piece. I have recently written and put together a memoir/coffee table book of my work. It is scheduled to be released in late October. The title is “Falling In and Through” I am very pleased with it. It is my story of a fatal accident I experienced and endured. A story of using my creativity and perseverance to heal myself through the trauma. My art saved me. It is a story of how I taught myself how to paint with my actual feet, no paintbrushes, just moving my feet in different positions to create texture, strokes and layers, It was exciting. This helped me to heal. I kept my creativity, love at the center. Keeping sight on what I wanted to accomplish. I am excited for this new adventure and to share it. I think it could help a lot of other people who struggle with something. To share to help others my inspiration and process is very exciting for me. Creativity is a great gift of healing, I want to share this.

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

Look within to find your subject matter, your own unique vision, your voice. That is important, there is no one like you.
Do not give up. practice constantly. Don’t be bothered when something you create seems or looks like a failure, keep going. It can teach you something.
Try not to judge yourself, especially against others. Believe in your talent , your vision of what you want to accomplish. Know yourself. Weed out internal voices that would have you think otherwise.

What has been your biggest area of growth or improvement in the past 12 months?

Believing in myself and putting together my book. Having the confidence to see it come into form has been incredible for me. Many internal voices of being reticent to use my voice have diminished or disappeared.
Keeping to myself a lot, spending lots of time in contemplation has helped me tremendously to focus in. Especially keeping the doom scrolling on social media to a limit. Sometimes social media has the effect of limitations and self judgement for me, then I feel depression. Really believing in my personal power has led to personal success. knowing my own value.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://zinart.com
• Instagram: Heidi_Zin
• Facebook: Heidizin