So much to do today!!! Proposal to get from draft form into InDesign. Podcast to produce and schedule. White paper to work on. Speech to practice. But before it all, I still take time for Creative Sandbox playtime. Why? Because it’s essential. Because my whole day goes better when I take even just a *tiny* bit of time to play, just for me. 🖍
“Think tiny and daily” is Creative Sandbox Way™ Guidepost #4. It makes a difference, that tiny and daily, creating in the books and crannies, even if it seems like it’s a stupid waste of time. It keeps your toe in the creative stream. And those small daily acts add up. (And you can still do a deep dive and come to a retreat or a Playday, too! It doesn’t have to be “either, or”! It gets to be “both, and”!)
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What can you do today, *right now*, to make your creative spirit happy? What’s the trendiest, tiniest little playful thing that would delight her?
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Doodlebot is wearing a hoodie today! (I didn’t even know Doodlebot had wardrobe options! Doodlebot is always surprising me. 😊)
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Doodlebot says hello. 😊
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What are you creating today? And if the answer is “nothing,” can you carve out just two minutes to doodle? Seriously!! It’s amazing how taking a *tiny* bit of time for creative play can make a big difference toward refreshing your entire being! You think more clearly, you see possibilities where before there were none, your entire outlook lifts from “bleah” to “better!”
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Creative play is not an indulgence. Not a frivolous waste of time. It’s essential. How are you going to give yourself some today?
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Ready to immerse yourself? Come to my next Creative Sandbox Playday or 5-day Creative Sandbox Retreat (links in profile) and watch your life transform. 😊
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This bedtime doodle is definitely inspired by the Dada art I saw at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Artists playing—that’s what Dada feels like to me. 😊
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Goodnight!
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Detail shot, after adding some of those distinguished grey whiskers I so love in the beard of that man of mine. 😊
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I still kind of can’t believe I even attempted to draw a *portrait*! Yet it’s not the first one in my Paris/Basel travel journal. How did I brave such a task? By planting myself firmly inside the Creative Sandbox, where it’s all about PLAY! Where there is no wrong (Guidepost #1, in case you haven’t read my book, The Creative Sandbox Way™), where we think process, not product (Guidepost #2). Where we dismiss all gremlins (Guidepost #8) and treat ourselves with compassion (Guidepost #10). 🖍
At Creative Sandbox Retreat, we practice all of the Guideposts, and more. And we laugh a TON while we’re doing it. 😊 We celebrate “mistakes” and “failures,” and talk about jumping on the “crap wagon.” (Because we all know we need to let ourselves make crap in order to improve! We need the crap to fertilize the good stuff!)
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Really, the only bad part about Creative Sandbox Retreat is having to leave. 😞
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The next *scheduled* Creative Sandbox Retreat is September 11-15, 2019… BUT you can come to a half-day Playday to get a little taste in the meantime (October 14 and November 25 are the next Creative Sandbox Playdays—click the link in my profile, or go to http://bit.ly/2NWuyAa for more info) plus you may not have to wait a full year to get in on the five-day retreat action. Plans are in the works for a Winter Creative Sandbox Retreat! Stay tuned and sign up on my mailing list to get notified! 😊
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