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Easy Creative Rituals To Spark Your Imagination and Inspire Your
Soul
- by Nancy Marmolejo
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Creativity is a mysterious force
that visits us with great ideas, new ways of seeing the world
and the courage to do things differently. Revitalizing your creative
talents will help you in the most unexpectedly wonderful ways:
a new business idea, a renewed commitment to self-care, an appreciation
for the beauty that lies all around us.
Finding a small bit of time
each day to feed this force will not only reward you with increased
creativity, but also an expanded sense of appreciation and gratitude
for the creative process.
The following list highlights
simple yet powerful actions you can take to spark your creative
energy from the inside out.
1. Keep a Daily Journal
Use a journal to jot down the meandering thoughts of your mind.
Write, draw, doodle, paste collages together. Stuck between your
great ideas are random thoughts, mental notes, and menial observations.
Use your journal as a place to deposit these thoughts, keeping
your creative mental workspace clear. Think of it as feng shui
for the mind, a way of keeping the creative juices flowing. |
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2. Create Sacred Space
Find a place in your home to keep inspiring, motivating and spiritually
significant objects. Remind yourself that creativity flows like
water and wind, that it is steadfast like earth and powerful
like fire. Collect objects from nature to remind you of this.
Place things that awe and inspire you, projects you’re most
proud of, and photos of people who support and encourage your
creative action.
3. Reflection.
Reflection can be a minute of appreciating someone or something,
or it can be a day of meditation and writing. Find ways to incorporate
reflection into your daily routine, noting how experiences and
interactions help you grow as a creative person. This is great
for surveying what inspires you and what blocks you, what attracts
you and what doesn’t.
4. Get Away.
If you can, find some time to sneak away and enjoy a creative
pleasure. It can be an hour wandering through a craft store,
window shopping, a hike in nature or a visit to a special place.
If you have kids and can’t get away alone, don’t worry.
Enjoy the outing and reflect on it together. There are no rules
to creative getaways. It is whatever touches you at that moment.
5. Do Something Loca.
What’s something crazy you’ve always dreamed of doing
but didn’t because of insecurity, fear or intimidation?
Make a pact with yourself to get to know your Inner Loca (or
loco for you guys reading this) and find ways to let her out
to play each and every day.
6. See the World Through
a Child’s Eyes.
Children have the amazing ability to be open to the possibilities
of just about anything. Give yourself playtime to see the world
through the eyes of a child. Sometimes it can be simply sitting
on the floor and looking at a room from a new angle, or giving
yourself permission to laugh and have fun.
7. Chart Your Course
It’s one thing to dream of creative things and it’s
another thing to make them happen. Look at all the wonderful
ideas you have and pick one to act upon. Make a commitment to
do at least one daily action to support this idea. Doing the
footwork to make your dream a reality will show you how easy
it really is to turn ideas into action.
Ritual is a series of repeated
acts. By incorporating creative ritual in your life, you will
increase your innovation and creativity in ways that will surprise
and delight you. Try at least one of these actions and feel your
creativity grow! |
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