Creative Bewitchment
Creative Bewitchment is a series of audio essays for magical artists seeking to deepen their craft. Each week, painter Elisa Vita guides you through the realms of folklore, archetypes, astrology, and spellwork, offering insight and inspiration across mediums. Linger to your heart’s content. You’ll leave with your second sight sharpened, ready to create.
Creative Bewitchment
Latest Episodes
How to Amplify Your Art's Aura Online
In this episode, I explore the concept of artistic aura and what it means to preserve—and even amplify—it online. Drawing on Walter Benjamin's seminal essay, I examine whether digital reproduction truly diminishes an artwork's presence, and how...
Soulful Selling & Being a Priestess of Your Art
What if telling people your art is for sale felt like an act of devotion instead of a chore?In this audio essay, I share soulful strategies for selling your art without feeling like a fraud. Using tarot archetypes as a framework, I explo...
The Protective Magic of Honing Your Artistic Voice
A viral Instagram artist accusing another of plagiarizing them has me considering what exactly it means to make distinctive work and to have ownership of your art. This led me to explore how honing your artistic voice protects against compariso...
How Artists Can Thrive Despite AI: Embracing the Trickster
As AI-generated art floods the internet, many artists are questioning how to stay relevant. Using the archetypal Trickster as a guide, I illustrate exactly how creatives can outshine artificial intelligence and reclaim their power. ...
Share Your Art Without Burnout: Lessons from Persephone
Many artists begin the year with the goal of posting more, building an audience, or documenting their process, only to fall off during the dark winter months. As spring returns, so does our motivation. Still, for many of us, that spark is accom...