The 1 Minute Miracle ~ November 2025

Welcome to The 1-Minute Miracle!
On the first Wednesday of each month, expect a new issue offering industry knowledge, community project and talented artists designed to spark your creativity.

There’s so much incredible work happening across the state, and we’re committed to highlighting it all. If you’d like to contribute articles or share your own news, please email us at @ Infomiraclearts.org 

Sam St. John

Indigenous multimedia artist 

Bio: Sam St. John ( she/her) is an Indigenous multimedia artist from Hastings, Minnesota. Sam is a painter, poet, live painter, art facilitator, performance artist, and singer. Sam has an Associate degree in Fine Art from Inver Hills Community College. Sam is a member at Art to Change the World, a social justice art nonprofit. Sam has a studio and gallery in the Northrup King Building in Studio 404.

Sam is passionate about art transforming lives. Sam’s art is grounded in the essence of storytelling, resilience, authenticity, and vulnerability. Rooted in the soul, art evokes emotions, fosters connections, and builds community. Sam believes that creating art, in any form, is a means of self-healing. She paints with expressive bright colors that narrate her story, recognizing the power embedded in our narratives. Sam uses her art to start conversations about mental health, identity, queerness, race, healing, and trauma in hopes of inspiring others.

Instagram: Samst.john_artist

Prof. Insprio’s Creative Compass: Your First Work Will Not Be Your Best
By Prof. Insprio

Let’s be honest your first attempt at anything is probably going to stink. Your first song won’t sound like your favorite album. Your first sketch won’t hang in a gallery. Your first short story won’t win awards. And that’s not failure that’s the process.

Here’s the trap young creatives fall into: you see the gap between what’s in your head and what lands on the page (or canvas, or track). The vision is brilliant, but the execution feels clumsy. That gap can crush you if you let it. Some people quit right there, convinced they’re “not talented enough.” But the truth? That ugly first draft is the doorway to mastery.

Think about your favorite artist. Do you think they opened their career with a flawless debut? Hardly. The singer you admire had shaky voice memos and basement demos no one will ever hear. The painter you respect had sketchbooks full of awkward anatomy and lopsided faces. The author you love has old notebooks full of cringe-worthy sentences. They all started with something rough, and they all kept going.

The difference between a dreamer and a creative who grows is simple: you’re willing to finish things that aren’t your best. Because finishing teaches you more than abandoning ever will. Finishing builds muscle memory. It creates proof that you can move from start to end. It gives you the raw material to reflect on, improve from, and eventually outgrow.

And here’s the part people don’t tell you: your “bad” work is still necessary. It’s not wasted effort. It’s laying track for the train of your future projects. Every unfinished draft, every practice canvas, every failed attempt is you pushing the limits of your current ability. You don’t skip those steps you build on them.

So here’s your challenge: don’t throw away your first attempts. Label them. Date them. Save them. They’re not embarrassments they’re mile markers. One day, when your work has grown beyond what you can even imagine right now, you’ll look back and realize those rough beginnings were priceless.

Your first work will not be your best. But it’s the only way to get to your best.

So, finish it. Save it. And then start the next one.

Thank you for reading the November edition of the 1 Minute Miracle!

First, a big thank you to everyone who submitted an article let’s keep this going! You can always reach us at [email protected] to share your work.!

October was a great month for MiracleArts! We had the opportunity to host our Innovator Exchange, table at several community events, launch our first insprio collection and lead our very first Inspire Session at Hassan Elementary. Excited for what the next month will bring.

Remember we C.R.E.A.T.E our own Miracles

Xavier Thomas, Founder of MiracleArts