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Nourishing creativity in everyday life by Douglas Beasley
Go back- Read a book about creativity, technique or the creative process
- Look at photo and art books, as long as they are inspiring or make you think or feel
- Meditate or simply daydream
- Seek solitude and experience silence
- Engage in direct contact with nature
- Go for a walk in a new place or walk a familiar route in a new way
- Take a drive to somewhere new, slow down, take the scenic route
- Journal about your artistic process and struggles.
- Don’t forget to write about your success too!
- Set specific intentions about your creative life
- Actively listen to passionate music without multitasking
- Play a musical instrument or sing, join a band or choir
- Prepare and cook healthy, nutritious sensual meals to share or just for yourself
- Pay attention to your heart’s longings
- Acknowledge emptiness; don’t mindlessly fill it
- Look at the work of other artists and photographers, without comparing yourself to them
- Go to galleries and museums and experience art in person
- Attend a live music event or see a play
- Nourish your spiritual needs
- Enjoy simple or repetitive tasks: sweeping the floor, washing the car, mowing the lawn…
- Practice being non-judgmental towards both others and yourself
- Be less self-deprecating (unless you are the POTUS)
- Start a dialog with friends about art, creativity or the need for self-expression
- Practice saying no to something that takes away from your creative time
- Say yes to something new, scary or different
- Leave space in your daily and weekly schedule or routine for serendipity
- Put yourself first occasionally; value yourself and your time as much as you do others
- Support the creativity of others and help others develop their artistic process
- Don’t over schedule yourself, make time for play
- Do not neglect your own needs
- Cultivate friends who value or actively and regularly participate in making art
- Revisit and/or re-edit past photos or photo projects
- Take a class or a workshop, maybe in another discipline like drawing or pottery
- Join or start a photo, art or creativity support group
- Look at and comment on photos on the Vision Quest Facebook page
- Post photos in the Vision Quest Facebook page, ask for specific feedback if desired
- Sign up for a Vision Quest Photo Workshop to have something to look forward to!
- Go make new photos!
© Douglas Beasley 2017
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Douglas Beasley will be returning to teach at Wild Rice Retreat this spring. His Emotional Landscape Retreat, June 20-24, 2021 will focus on how to make a deeper, more authentic connection to your chosen subject, and then expressing that through your photography.
You can read more and register here: https://www.wildriceretreat.com/retreatsearch/douglas-beasley-emotional-landscape-2021 or follow along with Douglas on Instagram at @dbeasleyphoto.