Showing posts with label Creativity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creativity. Show all posts

Monday, February 15, 2010

26 Simple Ways to Nurture Your Creative Life

A Growing A to Z List by Chris Dunmire

Nit Wits #1: Roll Play © Chris Dunmire 
Introduction

Do you have unfulfilled creative dreams begging to be born into the world? Are you afraid of embracing new creative interests because you fear that you're not good enough, skilled enough, or knowledgeable enough? 

Do you want to know how you can begin transforming your fears into energy that will work for you instead of against you starting RIGHT NOW? If so, follow me into a series of new articles that will give you 26 simple ways to nurture and strengthen your creative life no matter where you are on your journey.

• • • The List in Progress • • •

  • #2: Break Some Rules
    Think about what rules are for and why some are necessary in your creative work.
  • #1: Act As If | Action Prompts
    This is one of the most important and useful tools I’ve seen used by motivational speakers, therapists, life coaches, creativity coaches, and successful artists of all kinds.
Pssst... While you're waiting for new installments of THE LIST, enjoy more engaging Infinite Creative Possibilities »
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Solitude and Creativity


The creative process requires that you leave the external world and go to your private inner one. And while you dwell in this inner space, you don’t want to be distracted by the external world. A telephone ringing, a spouse rushing into the room in search of the car keys or the grocery list, a child shrieking in your ear demanding your attention — all these jerk you out of the private reality that is the writer’s life source. These are not just simple interruptions. When you are thoroughly immersed in your creative work they can feel like assaults, breaches of intimate boundaries.

Solitude contains and nurtures your inner world. It is here that we best access our self and the wealth of resources it holds. For most of us it’s the only place where we dare be fully ourselves. Flannery O’Connor once said, “I am never more completely myself than when I am writing.”

Think of solitude not as just a mood or sentiment but as your entrance to the imaginative theater where you project the illusions of sailing on the open sea, or taking a leisurely walk through a mountain village, or driving along city streets teeming with life, or sitting contentedly at home in your favorite chair. Solitude is where your mind opens to new possibilities and the currents of your creativity flow freely.

Write about ways that solitude works for you. Where do you go to find it? How do you feel when it is interrupted? Familiarize yourself with the ways it works in your life and how it serves your creative life. Examine ways you can protect it and have more of it in your life. 


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Tranquilista

Kimberly Wilson is the author of Tranquilista and Hip Tranquil Chick. She is also the designer of eco-fashion line TranquiliT, and the founder of the Tranquil Space Foundation, which promotes yoga, creativity, and leadership in women and girls. She lives in Washington, DC. Visit her online at www.kimberlywilson.com.

Tranquilista Excerpts by Kimberly Wilson

Tranquilista by Kimberly Wilson

Tranquilista: Mastering the
Art of Enlightened Work
and Mindful Play
by Kimberly Wilson
The following excerpts are published with permission from chapter 4 ("Chic Creativity") of Kimberly Wilson's book Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play.

By Kimberly Wilson.

The notion of creativity can be tricky to grasp. What exactly is it? Well, the art of being creative, of course. But what does “being creative” mean?

By Kimberly Wilson.

I’ve gathered an assortment of ideas to help you as you use twelve fabulous methods to dabble in creative expression.

By Kimberly Wilson.

Forcing creativity is akin to bathing a cat. The key is to be deliberate about it. Set the stage to let it flow.
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