The Relationship of a Creative Practice
How often do you just hang out with your creativity? If the answer is never, you are not alone! When people think of getting creative, it's almost always focused on a creative project --something they want to make, or do. Now, creative projects are super important -- but they are actually only one part of a deeply fulfilling creative life.For sustained and JOY-ful, "it-just-came-to-me" creative flow, it's critical that you do more than just WORK with your creativity-- you've got to PLAY with it too!
Creativity is a Relationship
If you don't ever hang out together, your relationship with your creativity is probably kind of abstract and remote--more like a penpal than a BFF. So how do you just hang out with your creativity? through a creative practice!But how is a creative PRACTICE different from a creative PROJECT? A creative PRACTICE is more like a game than a goal, more about fun than finishing and more about process than product (a.k.a. PLAY!)🤣
A cozy living room to hang out with your creativity
A creative practice can look like many things, but my favorite is visual journaling.My journal is the cozy living room where I hang out with my creativity on a daily basis. And the more I hang out there, the juicer my life -- and my creative projects get! That cozy, BFF journal practice is what I teach in my foundational creativity course, My Juicy Journal.
Invite Your Creativity for a month-long visit!
You can always start again, even if you've had a long-distance (or on-again-off-again) relationship with your creativity. This October, invite your creativity to "stay at your place" through a daily date with unproductive fun in My Juicy Journal.Here's the big secret:My Juicy Journal is not actually about the journal! -- it's about making a regular creative practice easy, accessible and irresistible!It is such a joy to share one my favorite things with you 🙏...which is also one of the most powerful creativity (and life!) tools I know! 🙏Let me know if you have any questions about My Juicy Journal -- your question might just be on someone else's mind too.Wishing you a juicy, colorful weekend!