Snapshot from My Studio: August 16, 2019 at 03:54PM

Two index card doodles. Why do I love doing abstract doodles so much? After all, as a #visualpractitioner, I get to draw as part of my work—isn’t that enough? Well, no. No, it’s not. 🖍
Here’s the thing: even—and perhaps *especially*—if your creative thing is your job, it is absolutely essential that you *also* have dedicated “creative sandbox” time, wholly disconnected from commerce and obligation, where you are 💯% free to explore and experiment, and not worry IN THE LEAST about the outcome.
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In other words, dedicated pure PLAYTIME. 🖍
This time MUST be held sacred. The second commerce or obligation enters, it changes your relationship to your creativity, however subtly. Over time, it can poison it. Even shut you down completely.
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Your creative sandbox time doesn’t have to be big. “Think tiny & daily” is Guidepost #4 of my book, The Creative Sandbox Way™, and the tinier the better, really, because the goal is simply to get you to DO SOMETHING, and we all know the hardest part is simply getting STARTED. So making your time commitment TINY is much more likely to lead to success than a big chunk of time you’re liable to put off!
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For me, abstract improvisational art feels like pure play. And because I’m not trying to match some platonic ideal in my head, it confuses my gremlins. I can focus on being in the moment and having FUN, rather than getting mired in perfectionism (a big trap for me!)
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What feels like pure play to you?
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