If You Don’t Make Time for Creativity, Who Will?

Have fun with your vision and your imagination by not allowing the craziness of the day slip buy without having invested some time for the creation of your particular brand of artistry.

Don’t worry about where your aesthetic journey will take you, just plan to accomplish a little or dream up a lot – the point is to do something imaginative today, even one tiny thing, to stimulate your senses and to open and explore the myriad sources of your talent.

It’s so easy for those of us who visualize ‘project ideas” and stimulation and inspiration in everything we see, to become sidetracked from just jumping into our intuitive imaginations and working on our projects at hand, just a little at a time. You may have so many different projects going on simultaneously that you could feel overwhelmed and unable to choose just one to work on.  Know that that’s just a distraction you’ve conjured up for yourself and it’s blocking you form moving forward and taking care of yourself.

If you’re like me, you might find yourself not wanting to stop your day to sit down and work on your art unless you have a large enough block of time to conceive or complete something significant. I often find myself tangled in the self-sabotaging trap of “if I don’t have 2 or 3 free hours to devote to my craft, then what’s the point of even getting involved?”  I know it’s a bogus excuse.  You know it’s a bogus excuse.  But it works every time and that kind of rationalization distracts us from our realizing our crafty potential.

There is the creative type who “needs” in order to engage and produce.  Without a specific brand of material, or without having to own the entire set of paints, line of fabric, a complete set of rubber stamps, every color of and strip of wool for hooking, a gazillion beads, they put off their ideas and block their creative development, until they have searched for and acquired everything they think they need for their project from start to finish.  But having the tools doesn’t create the art.  And this type of dreamer is just wrestling with another distracting block.

Whatever you find is stopping your from taking some time for yourself, to nurture your growth as an artist and craftsperson, be it time, supplies, over- or under-stimulation, simply recognize it for what it is and get to work.

Don’t buy anything new.  You don’t have to plan hours of creative time, plan minutes.  Pick up an old project or start something new.  Allowing your creativity to come out to play a little everyday is as important as what you eat, how you sleep, and the air that you breathe.

Even the smallest daily recognition of your artistry will open your eyes and allow you to see the world around you with a fresh view.  It will heal what may be hurting you.  It will assist you in focusing and removing yourself from the hectic life you’ve been living.  It will you develop a stronger footing in the world, and change a sour attitude to an optimistic one.

Just a few minutes of creating today, and just a few minutes of allowing yourself the time to createevery day, can and will absolutely change your life.

      I hope you enjoy my creative thoughts for hobbyists and crafters. I post new blog thought entries every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday’s are reserved for Creative Mojo with Mark Lipinski’s guests and new creative personalities that you’ll want to know and learn about. Of course, I sprinkle things happening on Pickle Road throughout the week.

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The art I used for today’s post was found on Etsy!

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