Give yourself more enjoyment and peace by adding a little bit of creativity to your day. you’ll feel better, calm your mind And smile more. start simple...
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
— SImple Steps to Jump Start your creativity —
Grab a piece of paper, index cards, a blank journal or a notebook. Choose a few pens or a pencil and start making marks or doodling, just for fun. A creative prompt can help if you don’t know what to do and you can find a huge variety of them on one of my favorite websites, Daisy Yellow Art.
You could make a collage! Gather paper scraps, magazine clippings, old maps, tickets or note you saved. Place one or two of them on a larger piece of paper or journal page. Move them around. Add more papers, take some away. When you’re satisfied, use a glue stick, Tacky glue or gel medium to secure them. Add words from a magazine. Or, print favorite words/quotes. Enjoy concentrating on putting the pieces together!
Photography is a great way to add creativity to your day. Take your camera/phone with you, looking for something that grabs your attention. Photo sharing websites that encourage you to post a daily photo can make this an easy habit. Blipfoto: the Daily Photo Journal is free to join. Add one photo a day to your online journal and write something about it, or not!
The projects below can help you to begin… more ideas in the menu
