This week has been a breakthrough one for me. So far I’ve nailed down what my latest “thing” is (thing = new biz, details forthcoming), cleared out my brain-clutter by removing some of the volunteer obligations I had, and worked furiously through Lisa Sonora-Beam’s excellent book, The Creative Entrepreneur.
I’ve been trying to make my way through that book for the past year and haven’t gone much past the first few pages. Now that I have my “thing” more or less defined, I’ve been furiously hacking away at my visual journal completing the exercises. Great breakthroughs & next steps!
Here is some mid-week brain-food:
- The Breath of God Inspiration Method: Get inspiration from divinely touched things: sunsets, a good novel, fabulous coffee first thing in the morning…
- Pencil as Amulet: Thanks to Quinn, I now have my latest needful thing.
- Well-behaved Women can Make History: Putting the “fem” back in “feminism”
- If you think you haven’t found your passion…: It’s so good I have to link to it twice.
- What you love is what you are gifted at: And Barbara Sher says pretty much the same thing so eloquently on video.
What has been tickling your grey matter?
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I’ve been thinking I need to spend less time preparing to be creative and thinking about the process (getting supplies, cleaning work space, looking over previous work, looking at books for ideas) and spend more time actually creating. I think I’m in love with the idea of being creative sometimes without ever actually producing any work. I don’t think I like what that says about me.
Oh Misty… I’ve SO been there lots of times.
It’s not a bad thing. Creatives go through periods of intake and then output. It’s always a cycle.
Take 5 minutes and do something creative. Something non-overwhelming. Scribble a little in a sketchbook, write a few lines in a journal, knit one line of that scarf you’ve been wanting to finish.
If it feels good, keep going. If not, stop and pat yourself on the back. You’ve created for the day.
Then do it again tomorrow.
Thank you for the mention/link Alexia. Glad you enjoyed the post.
All the best!
deb