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Hello, Visual Communicators! 👋
Welcome to the Halloween edition of Learn Visual Communication, your monthly-ish reminder that bringing your ideas to life with visuals isn’t scary, it’s empowering.
This time, we’re peeking into the darker side of creativity: the fears, blocks, and bottlenecks that haunt every creative process. So grab your flashlight (and maybe a piece of candy 🍫), let’s explore together.
In this issue:
🧘 Mindful Design: 3 strange rituals to summon your creativity.
💡 Inspiration: Why fear is a compass, not a curse.
👻 Life Unfiltered: Haunted by the guilt of not posting visually?
Let’s dig in!
🧘 Mindful Design
Summon Your Best Ideas Now!
Ideas are like spirits, they pop up when you least expect them, and by the time you notice, they’ve already disappeared.
They rarely show up on command, and the harder you chase them, the faster they fade. That might be fine most of the time, but in work and life, there are times when you must ideate on demand.
That’s when the ability to summon ideas becomes less of a party trick and more of an essential business skill.
✨ You Don’t Need a Crystal Ball, You Need a Ritual.
You can’t force brilliance. What you can do is set the stage that welcomes ideas in and lets them take a seat at the table.
Think of those scenes in old movies where a group gathers for a séance, hands on the table, candles lit, waiting for something to appear. No one can control the outcome, but the ritual makes space for the unexpected.
Ideas work the same way. You can’t command them to arrive, but you can create conditions - focus, visuals, attention - that invite them in. And when you do, the process begins to feel less like invention and more like discovery.
✏️ 3 Rituals to Try This Week
The Midnight Question 🌙
Before bed, jot down a question you’re stuck on. In the morning, capture the first thought that comes. Sleep clears the cobwebs and often delivers surprising answers.The Candle Test 🕯️
Light a candle, set a timer, and give yourself 10 minutes to sketch, free-write, or map ideas without editing. Blow the flame out, stop, and see what fresh ideas appear.The Potion Swap 🍵
Change something small in your environment, sip a new tea, play a strange playlist, or move your desk. Novelty jolts the brain into making fresh connections.
Which small ritual will you try next time you need fresh ideas?
💡 Inspiration
Fear tells us what we have to do.
👻 Life Unfiltered
Haunted by the Guilt of Not Posting Visually?
You’re smart. You’ve got ideas worth sharing, or a business that deserves to be seen visually, not just read.
But every time you post, something feels off.
Maybe your posts are all text and get lost in the feed.
Maybe you’ve tried Canva or Figma, but your visuals still look like everyone else’s.
You’re not alone.
And it’s not your fault.
The internet is full of design tutorials, but few explain the systems that make visual creation simple and sustainable for professionals without design backgrounds.
Without a repeatable process, creating visuals feels random, and your best ideas never make it past the draft stage.
Perfectionism, fear, and not knowing what to do next keep smart professionals from showing up consistently.
Yet invisibility is the risk that actually hurts your business and your career.
That’s why I created the Idea-to-Post Diagnostic - a 1:1 working session where we look at your current process together, uncover what’s slowing you down, and design a clear visual path forward.
For a limited time, I’m opening a handful of early-access sessions at just $99 - available only to subscribers while I refine the process.
THE UN-HAUNTED: my brilliant coaching client, Claudia (founder of Oletta) with her custom workflow, blurred out for privacy.
✉️ How was the issue?
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💛 Thank You
More visual communication tips and tricks are on the way.
Until then, keep creating!
Eva 📚👁️💬
Editor, Learn Visual Communication
Founder, The Visual Voice