Before we get into the work, I want to tell you a little about who I am and how this course came to be.
The short version: I’m Marieke Blokland, a visual artist from the Netherlands. I’ve been teaching creative courses for over seventeen years. And for a long time, I had a life that looked pretty good from the outside, while quietly falling apart on the inside.
The longer version is in this video.
I’ll tell you about the burnouts, the years I spent trying to fit expectations that weren’t really mine, and the period when everything changed at once. And I’ll tell you how, in the middle of all that, writing to myself became one of the most important things I did.
I’m sharing this not because I want you to feel sorry for me, but because I think it matters to know where a course comes from. Notes to Self didn’t come from a ‘content strategy’. It came from a real need.
This one’s a bit personal. I hope that’s okay.