When it comes to living a creative lifestyle, we often know deep down what keeps us going. For me, it’s a myriad of regular activities:
- Walking
- Keeping lists
- Daily Affirmations
- Sketching in my pastel journal
- Connecting with fellow artists
- Keeping an image folder
- Treating myself occasionally to new art supplies or books/mags on art
- Checking out local art events
- Experimenting with new methods of creating art
- Participating in online art challenges such as Inspire Me Thursday
When constructing your top 10 list of creative endeavors, seek out activities that aim for a balanced creative lifestyle. Keep an image folder of inspirational images that call out to you. Experiment with new methods of creating art. Create a list of daily affirmations to keep you thinking positive thoughts. Seek out opportunities to connect with fellow artists by attending local art events. Get out of the house and go for walks to keep your body, mind, and soul healthy.
These are just some ideas to get you brainstorming on your own list. As Goethe once exclaimed:
Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action (boldness) has magic, grace and power in it.
You get the idea. Just seek out small steps each day to take you closer to your long term goals. And if you get off track, just dust your shoes off and begin once more.
Feel free to add one of your own favorite creative endeavors in the comments or even link to your own list in your blog.
[Illustration inspired from Create a Connection's artist tip on creating word art]
3 Comments
Although I’m not in Tampa I found your blog interesting and well laid out.
Thanks Harriett! We recently started to cover local art events this past year, which might not be as interesting to read to my readers outside of the state so it’s great to hear that the content is still interesting to my global readers.
I really like your list. I have my own in the sidebar of my bog (10 things to do….). I think we share several of the same, yours are a little more specific though! I started a version of this exercise about ten years ago. I felt like I was getting redundant with what I was writing so I challenged myself to write about one beautiful thing I found in each day. It’s now my favorite journal to go back and look at.