Taking a break from knot doodles, letting the tip of my pen take the reins. I imagine letting my inner 4-year-old inhabit the tip of the pen and go where she wants. THAT is playing in the creative sandbox, where there is no wrong (Guidepost #1!) and I’m free to think process, not product (Guidepost #2!)
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There are 10 Guideposts in all. I cover all of them in my book, The Creative Sandbox Way™, with fun writing and doodling activities you can do right inside the book! 🖍🖍🖍 🖍
Link in profile or at http://bit.ly/2dnWyeJ 😊
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Knot doodles! After spending the morning taking visual notes, my brain needed a break, so I spent the rest of Creative Sandbox Playday doodling. 😊
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Practicing icons. Or as @loosetoothcom calls them in her fabulous book, The Idea Shapers, “postage stamps.” A small image that communicates a big idea. This can be super challenging with abstract concepts! Quick: how would you draw “commitment”? Or “engagement”? Or “unity”?
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These are the types of things I’m working on coming up with my own visual vocabulary for, so I actually have an icon in my metaphorical pocket, at the ready, should the need arise. When I’m at a loss for how to start, Google image search is a great jumping off point! From there I can develop my own icon/postage stamp. And the real key, as @evalottchen says, is to draw it over and over and over—at least 50 times before you really “own” it. (Plus you have to *keep* drawing it, or trust me, you’ll forget how! 😂)
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Adding a few more knot doodles to this page to start the week with some creative sandbox playtime! Science shows that play is good for your brain—doing something that engages your interest is actually the BEST way to power up your willpower, so you have more FOCUS, more PATIENCE, and more ability to resist temptations and distractions! 🖍
That’s some powerful stuff. The opposite of “frivolous and self-indulgent,” wouldn’t you say?
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Know all of this, what are you doing to add a little play to your day?
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Saturday morning knot doodles. Tiny and daily. .
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