This weekend I’m in Monterey on my “Anniversamoon” with my husband — the anniversary of our honeymoon. It was supposed to be the first weekend in January, but we both got slammed by the cold/flu that’s been going around, so we postponed a month.
Now here we are, and what a treat it is to get a break from normal life for a few days!
But of course I brought my pens and sketchbook with me, because Creative Sandbox play happens everywhere and anywhere!
We were out the door at 9:30 this morning to go sea kayaking. And this afternoon we took a long walk along the ocean.
But in between: doodling!
It’s so energizing and restorative — and FUN! — to let myself simply PLAY and see what happens. Just let my pen go where it wants to go, with no regard to the outcome.
That’s playing in the Creative Sandbox, and we all need some of that playtime in our day, whether we identify as “non-artists,” or artists, or creative professionals, or anything in between!
Creativity doesn’t discriminate. We’re all born with it, and it never goes away.
What goes away for some of us is the sense of *entitlement* to creative play, which is what I’m here to help you reclaim! (That’s what my book, The Creative Sandbox Way, btw. http://bit.ly/2dnWyeJ)
The only difference between artists and everybody else is not creativity or talent. It’s *entitlement.* YOU have just as much entitlement to create as anyone else. Just start creating.
Just own it.
Seriously. That is the secret.
It may take you awhile to get there, because the mindset shift may not happen overnight, but that is the secret — nothing more.
You were born to create. Start telling yourself this every day, and over time you will start to believe it.
And most of all, get creating. Every day. Small daily acts build creative confidence and joy. “Think tiny and daily” = Creative Sandbox Way Guidepost #4.
Go get creating!
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