Three things that have recently refueled my creative fire this week (four if you count a shift in hormones allowing me to wake up sooner). The first came in a casual conversation with new family member Jag, he’s an artist, […]
There’s an exercise I learned called ‘A letter of encouragement’ similar to ‘Letter to my future self. I wouldn’t call it a ritual but it is an important personal piece of folded paper that has been around three house moves […]
What I love about untutored class is it’s so relaxing. It’s like leisurely shopping without the hassle and cheaper, like a bath for my brain. I won’t say ‘I can’t draw’ that phase is overused and not true but I […]
I’m reading On writing by Stephan King and it’s feuling my writing in new ways. Not like I’d expected it to, I’m writing older memories as I go through his first chapter C.V, I started this series with Childhood Memories. […]
I’m reading On writing by Stephen King at the moment, a book brought forward from my wish list in preparation for Eric Maisels online memoir writing course. It starts with childhood memories, something Anne Lamott writes about in Bird by […]
In life and especially when carving a creative life for yourself, it’s important to plan ahead for times of low energy, negative thinking and feeling uninspired. That’s where prompt cards come in, it’s like a set of go to customised […]
I had a few weeks recently, at least it felt that long, where I didn’t feel any desire to do the things I normally do for fun, relaxation and developing a creative life. While I’m still working out what I […]
There’s this clip in the film (that’s played at Christmas) Love Actually, that keeps coming to my mind. When we go over ‘small things’ it’s often to emphersise the beauty in them, like miniture art works, bees on flowers or […]
I was set on, or at least thought about having an artist date this weekend or me time, even one hour writing in a cafe would suffice but it didn’t happen that way. Instead I spent time with a friend […]
The start of this week I am feeling more refreshed than I have in ages, all from a girls trip in the forest. Holmsley, New Forest (near Bournemouth, UK) was our home for three days. I went all out from […]