Creating a new rhythm is necessary for creatives during times of social and personal change.
Time is the tool and mother of invention in finding a new way.
Moving house, changing a day job, family adjustments, health matters, all play a part in disrupting creative flow. Creativity is a muscle that has the memory and capacity to return by setting new rules to work around the changes that have arisen. Committing to a daily solo time and space refuels the fires of creativity.
As creatures of habit, it is possible to create new habits. The mind and soul must concur.
If the time of day that primed creative output is no longer an option, consider why that former time-space worked well. Create the energy and atmosphere of that time in another slice of the day. If early morning was a preferred time, consider finding a period of rest in your day or evening to mimic sleep. This might create the morning energy required for flow to arrive.
If undisturbed silence is a preference for creative flow, establish a new routine in your daily doings, whether it’s having dinner an hour earlier, putting the children to bed, or shutting down all social media activities, establish clear new boundaries for your hermit creative hours.
While flexibility is the trend, it can disrupt the process—a new routine established and adhered to invites the muse back to her creator
Making a conscious decision to say ‘no’ to that which hinders creativity might disintegrate your social fabric, but is a necessary choice if creativity matters to you, if it is your livelihood, your life’s work.
A nine-to-five job is a separation from external distractions, so too the creative requires discipline, routine, and structure to harness the power of creative output.
Responsibilities can threaten taking time to create but juggling when and how these personal responsibilities will be met is taking control of what you are passionate about.
Telling stories through the written word, be it sitting at your diningroom table or in the garden, is creative work that is as important as all of life’s work. When passion motivates the project, it is sacred. Acknowledge it. Honour it.
Don’t let the demands of change kill creativity, invent a new way through the power of your imagination.
There will never ever be too many books, lyrics or paintings in our need to connect through the stories art creates.
Happy writing wherever and whenever you choose, but keep the pen flowing, the keys tapping, the paint flowing, and the music singing and dancing .
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