In my last post I talked about weaving creativity into my days and weeks, and wondered how I could do that given my time constraints.
This morning I started reading The Artist’s Way for Parents and realised a couple of things that were useful.
Firstly that some of the key elements Julia Cameron talks about in the book are things I already do, or could easily adapt to incorporate them. Morning pages, creative expeditions, artist dates, walking, and daily highlights were the things that jumped out at me.
Each of these are discussed in more detail in the book but essentially involve daily writing, weekly trips out to somewhere fun, frivolous or interesting, and noticing little details of your day. (If you’re familiar with the original book The Artist’s Way, many of these concepts won’t be new to you.)
And secondly that even if I did all those things she suggests, there is something missing for me. (It may be that these are discussed later in the book of course – I’ve only read the introduction and first chapter!)
The element that’s missing for me is the framework to actually create something. These rituals are brilliant in ensuring gathering inspiration and enabling creativity to flow. But by themselves, for me, they’re not enough to do anything, to produce an end result.
And I realised that I’ve had “creative project” on my to do list for a while now, but without actually deciding exactly which of my ideas is the priority or allocating any time for it or milestones to help me get on with it.
So I wondered whether it’s time to get some accountability for that. To invite others to join me in focusing on a creative project for a month and see what happens. I’d facilitate that, either 1:1 or for a small group, in return for a payment to cover my time and organising skills!
I’ve added the offer onto my creative services page. Costs start at £200 per person. You can find out more details here.
