Creative Every Day 2009
Jan. 10th, 2009 12:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
changelingI discovered last month that Thalia Took has a blog called Amused Grace. There she writes about her creative process (or creative struggle, perhaps I should say. Those of my friends who identify as artists and writers will know what I mean by that), and also does a weekly reading from her Goddess Oracle Deck.
She's participating in several personal challenges (including a personal 100 Toys project), which inspires me. I think that if your art isn't your primary occupation, challenges and projects are a way of ensuring you carve out time for yourself.
One of the challenges is the Creative Every Day Challenge 2009. I've decided to participate in this. It'll be good to feed my creative soul, particularly once I go back to full-time work.
An edited quote about the challenge:
Here's what I've done so far:
Thursday 8/1: decorated a few more pages in my diary with my new stamps, made banana muffins (modifying the recipe a bit), worked on my SoulCollage: arranged all the parts for my Rebel card, and picked out images for 10-11 other cards.
Friday 9/1: did a little editing on Shadow Boys , decorated another double-page spread in my diary, came up with a concept for a new novel.
I'm really excited about this. I'll try to keep track of my creativity log in my LJ.
She's participating in several personal challenges (including a personal 100 Toys project), which inspires me. I think that if your art isn't your primary occupation, challenges and projects are a way of ensuring you carve out time for yourself.
One of the challenges is the Creative Every Day Challenge 2009. I've decided to participate in this. It'll be good to feed my creative soul, particularly once I go back to full-time work.
An edited quote about the challenge:
Creativity is meant in the broadest sense, so it doesn't have to be something art related. Your creative acts could be in cooking, taking pictures, knitting, doodling, writing, dancing, decorating, singing, playing with your kids, brainstorming ideas, gardening, or making art in the form of collage, paint, or clay...or whatever!
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This is a low pressure challenge, with the idea of bringing more creativity into our lives. I will not be the creativity police. I hope that we can all find ways, simple and grand to express our creative selves. Have fun with it!
Here's what I've done so far:
Thursday 8/1: decorated a few more pages in my diary with my new stamps, made banana muffins (modifying the recipe a bit), worked on my SoulCollage: arranged all the parts for my Rebel card, and picked out images for 10-11 other cards.
Friday 9/1: did a little editing on Shadow Boys , decorated another double-page spread in my diary, came up with a concept for a new novel.
I'm really excited about this. I'll try to keep track of my creativity log in my LJ.
