… another way… of developing your creative projects and artistic practice? What if you could grow your creative art practice through authentic connection rather than the need to produce something, anything because the world is “watching” and “waiting”?
By this point of the Internet revolution and evolution we all know that the virtual space is overflowing with stories of people happy to share their method/s of how they achieved creative success. In whatever context the success is understood (working daily on creative ideas, growing creative art practices, curving 15 minutes a day to write etc.).
From my own creative practice, I know that stepping away from a daily hustle and bustle of life to reflect on feelings, personal matters and how that fits within my own creative art practices reinvigorates my creativity. That precious time to reflect allows me to apply flexible approach to creativity and towards running my creative art practice as my creativity exists in the context of my daily life and is influenced by my current and forever changing life circumstances.
I believe that creativity and creative expression are living organisms prone to changes and ups and downs of our daily life.
Instead of forcing the creative process (that often happens under time pressure, external factors, social pressure such as feeding the algorithms etc.), I propose focusing our creative energy on nurturing creativity through:
– giving ourselves permission to listen to our own creative intuition,
– advocating for time and space to understand the project and/or our creative art practice,
– encouraging creative playfulness and child-like curiosity,
– allowing intuition, life experience, skills, and personal growth shape our creativity and creative art practices,
– taking time to think about the project or idea,
– fostering the connection to our own individual creative self.
To kickstart the reflective process I suggest you work with questions, which don’t need to be answered. The purpose of questions is to nurture curiosity and internal dialogue.
- How do you approach your creativity? (as a hobby, continues daily practice/s or fear ridden obligation etc.)
- Do you talk to your creativity? If not, why? If yes, how do your conversations look like?
- How does your creativity look like? Can you describe/draw her?
- What inspires you in your daily life?
- Does your life allow time and space for creative expression?
Give yourself time to ponder on these questions, come up with more questions, and trust the process and yourself, as you already have the answers you just need the reflective space to connect to them.
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PS. I’m Made by Dyslexia, so expect small typos and big thinking.
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