My week at the #CreativeProblemSolvingInstitute #cpsi2017 was packed to the rafters with activity, so my doodle time was usually in class, in my notebook. Studies show that doodling / constructing / assembling with no set outcome actually enhances retention of information.

Doing so with a predetermined outcome has the opposite effect, so don’t try to draw a portrait or still life or landscape while attending a lecture and expect to absorb any of it!
But random doodling or assembling LEGO® bricks in a random manner (three-dimensional doodling!), as I did in between assigned exercises in the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® workshop last Saturday, actually HELPS you absorb and retain info!

Go ahead, doodle! 😊

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Happy Saturdoodle! 20 minutes of doodling while listening to @jordanharbinger on #theartofcharm podcast, which has become one of my favorite, go-to podcasts when I’m making art.

What do you listen to when playing in the #creativesandbox?

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Morning doodle. #creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pigmamicron

From today’s Doodlecam. I was noticing how doodling live on camera used to make me so nervous—heck, how making a MARK used to scare me all by itself, bring the gremlins out in force! Even in the privacy of a sketchbook nobody else would see!

But if you do anything enough it becomes normal.

I’ve been doing these doodles enough that they done scare me anymore. And I’ve been doing them live on the Doodlecam enough that THAT doesn’t scare me anymore! Didn’t even take that long to become the new normal.
So what’s scaring YOU? What do you need to start doing today so you can not be so scared of it tomorrow?

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Morning doodle while listening to @jordanharbinger’s #artofcharm podcast. A great way to start the day. Next up: push-ups and meditation.

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Doodling while listening to #theartofcharm podcast. Happy Sunday!
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Still working on this box, slowly, little by little. Today I sanded it and added a layer of Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground to cover some of the places where type was showing through.

I’m impatient to start adding color, but the acrylic has to dry first. Patience, patience, Grasshopper.

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Doodling in my Strathmore Visual Journal while listening to @tarasophiamohr talk about fear on an audio recording for her fabulous #playingbig course.

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Teeny tiny painting while listening to @amandasteinberg and @taragentile talk about How to Create Affluence at Any Income at the New Economy & Your Money online summit.
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A 2″x2″ canvas from this morning’s Doodlecam, in which I announced something that just came out in the podcast today: Listener Spotlights!

Yes, I want to feature YOU on the podcast, if you’re a listener for whom the Live Creative Now podcast has made a difference!

Find out all about it in the latest episode at http://bit.ly/2rkOMJP

This will be fun! 😊

Small daily acts are what it’s all about.

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I’m off to the flooring store and @fireclaytile in SF, to look at backsplash tile. But first: doodle!

Now I can get on with my day, feeling good that I did some creative sandbox play. Even just a few minutes makes a difference.

Small daily acts. Tiny and daily. (Guidepost #4 of The Creative Sandbox Way.) What’s your small daily act of creativity today?

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Morning doodle: Posca paint pen and Neocolor II on teeny tiny stretched canvas.
Small daily acts of creative play may seem like nothing, but they make a big difference when it comes to quality of life.

And over time they add up! Just one tiny painting isn’t much, it’s true, but a month’s worth of tiny paintings could fill a tiny gallery! 😊

It doesn’t take much to make a difference. Just persistence. “Nevertheless, she persisted.” #creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pencil #watercolorground #watercolor #winsornewton #winsornewtonmarker #watercolormarkers #100dayproject #the100dayproject #tinycanvas #tinypainting #tinyart #miniart