My problem is that I get a lot of creative ideas while I am working at my crappy day job and I'm filled with positive energy looking ahead at putting forth those ideas, However, by the time I get home from work in the evening, I am so tired and beaten down, that all I am left with are the scribbled lines of ideas I wrote down during the day.
Ah, the rush of the idea followed by the pain of not having the time or energy to explore it. That sounds frustrating. I hope you have a day off coming up where you might be able to dive in deeper. And in the meantime, keep collecting those creative sparks. There’s magic in those scribbles.
Thanks for the words of inspiration. Yeah, it can be very frustrating and adds to an overall sense of exhaustion. But, I keep my notebook with me all the time, so like you said, I'm still writing ideas down. This past week I've been forcing myself to find time to set aside for some writing, music and graphic design, Also, trying to go out for sanity walks. It's worked the past several days!
Just listened to this Christina and it's so so good. I love all the little details of your life and your light touch. As my right arm is out of action for a day or two, I will try some left handed painting tomorrow, abandon any judgement and just enjoy where my weaker hand takes me. xx
Hope you’re healing well Ruth! Would love to hear where the left handed painting takes you - that’s a wonderful idea to try. I suspect some new pathways will be winging their way through your brain as you paint.
And thank you - whenever I’m wondering whether to keep or edit out the many, many tangents my brain takes I’ll think of you and this comment. 🧡
I loved listening to this Christina! (Hope you got your leak sorted 🤞) I have been inspired by your creative posts to start painting again, a small landscape a day, done four so far and they’re all rubbish but I have relaxed into the process of not trying to be perfect. Almost revelling in their crapiness actually 😅 I’ll try the abstract route. I like the evidence you’re bringing to this and for sure, I feel better when I just do something, anything, creative.
Lynne, I’m so excited to hear you are painting again! And being so compassionate with yourself about how they turn out too - love the sound of you “almost revelling in their crappiness”. It’s so liberating, isn’t it?!
I love the freedom that comes with setting myself a very low bar. And then the unexpected joy that comes when you actually create something that maybe, just maybe isn’t so awful after all.
Have you tried anything abstract yet? Will be interested to hear how the experience compares.
And no, haven’t fixed the leak yet. Soon hopefully. 🤞🏻
The things I value most are what always spark my creativity - my children ( young adults), nature, life's little wonders and moments of awe. However, I have to get out of my head for that creativity to flow. Lately I've been working on a number of different business projects and my precious carved out early morning creative time has been used mainly for thinking and planning. It simply doesn't work for me emotionally or mentally. Yesterday I took the beauty of that time back. 5.30 -7.30 am is my creative time and NOTHING is going to get in its way. I felt joyful all day having allowed my creative juices to flow. Its about designing your day and carving out blocks of time that align with your energy levels - thinking time, creative time, family time, exercise time etc etc. Sorry, long reply to a great question. :-)
Loved hearing about your creative process and inspirations - thanks for sharing your reflections Jo!
I always feel a pang of envy along with great respect for folks who get up early to write or create. It tends not to be the right fit for me, but occasionally it happens and it feels almost like bending time - I love it!
Delighted it’s going well for you so far, do keep us posted. 🧡
Also, I’m excited to read your Wanaka post - I wintered there one year, working at Cardrona and staying in a caravan at Glendhu Bay. Would love to return one day!
Oh wow! Small world. :-). Gosh my daughter was just jumping off a waterfall near Glendhu Bay yesterday. Its a damn good life eh. Most of my weekly musings reflect or are inspired by this beautiful place I call home. I hope you enjoy reading. Thank you.
ps I have envy for those who can stay up late at night working or creating, as I would work then also if I could. We all have different body clocks and life requirements of us though. Let's embrace that. ps listening to the morning bird song "write" now. Just beautiful. ;-)
My problem is that I get a lot of creative ideas while I am working at my crappy day job and I'm filled with positive energy looking ahead at putting forth those ideas, However, by the time I get home from work in the evening, I am so tired and beaten down, that all I am left with are the scribbled lines of ideas I wrote down during the day.
Ah, the rush of the idea followed by the pain of not having the time or energy to explore it. That sounds frustrating. I hope you have a day off coming up where you might be able to dive in deeper. And in the meantime, keep collecting those creative sparks. There’s magic in those scribbles.
Thanks for the words of inspiration. Yeah, it can be very frustrating and adds to an overall sense of exhaustion. But, I keep my notebook with me all the time, so like you said, I'm still writing ideas down. This past week I've been forcing myself to find time to set aside for some writing, music and graphic design, Also, trying to go out for sanity walks. It's worked the past several days!
Just listened to this Christina and it's so so good. I love all the little details of your life and your light touch. As my right arm is out of action for a day or two, I will try some left handed painting tomorrow, abandon any judgement and just enjoy where my weaker hand takes me. xx
Hope you’re healing well Ruth! Would love to hear where the left handed painting takes you - that’s a wonderful idea to try. I suspect some new pathways will be winging their way through your brain as you paint.
And thank you - whenever I’m wondering whether to keep or edit out the many, many tangents my brain takes I’ll think of you and this comment. 🧡
I loved listening to this Christina! (Hope you got your leak sorted 🤞) I have been inspired by your creative posts to start painting again, a small landscape a day, done four so far and they’re all rubbish but I have relaxed into the process of not trying to be perfect. Almost revelling in their crapiness actually 😅 I’ll try the abstract route. I like the evidence you’re bringing to this and for sure, I feel better when I just do something, anything, creative.
Lynne, I’m so excited to hear you are painting again! And being so compassionate with yourself about how they turn out too - love the sound of you “almost revelling in their crappiness”. It’s so liberating, isn’t it?!
I love the freedom that comes with setting myself a very low bar. And then the unexpected joy that comes when you actually create something that maybe, just maybe isn’t so awful after all.
Have you tried anything abstract yet? Will be interested to hear how the experience compares.
And no, haven’t fixed the leak yet. Soon hopefully. 🤞🏻
The things I value most are what always spark my creativity - my children ( young adults), nature, life's little wonders and moments of awe. However, I have to get out of my head for that creativity to flow. Lately I've been working on a number of different business projects and my precious carved out early morning creative time has been used mainly for thinking and planning. It simply doesn't work for me emotionally or mentally. Yesterday I took the beauty of that time back. 5.30 -7.30 am is my creative time and NOTHING is going to get in its way. I felt joyful all day having allowed my creative juices to flow. Its about designing your day and carving out blocks of time that align with your energy levels - thinking time, creative time, family time, exercise time etc etc. Sorry, long reply to a great question. :-)
Loved hearing about your creative process and inspirations - thanks for sharing your reflections Jo!
I always feel a pang of envy along with great respect for folks who get up early to write or create. It tends not to be the right fit for me, but occasionally it happens and it feels almost like bending time - I love it!
Delighted it’s going well for you so far, do keep us posted. 🧡
Also, I’m excited to read your Wanaka post - I wintered there one year, working at Cardrona and staying in a caravan at Glendhu Bay. Would love to return one day!
Oh wow! Small world. :-). Gosh my daughter was just jumping off a waterfall near Glendhu Bay yesterday. Its a damn good life eh. Most of my weekly musings reflect or are inspired by this beautiful place I call home. I hope you enjoy reading. Thank you.
ps I have envy for those who can stay up late at night working or creating, as I would work then also if I could. We all have different body clocks and life requirements of us though. Let's embrace that. ps listening to the morning bird song "write" now. Just beautiful. ;-)