work in progress - untitledAfter the creative high comes the inevitable crash.
June was all about doing: setting up a new Web site, taking flying lessons in creative entrepreneurship, expanding connections with like-minded people, busting through artistic comfort zones and producing new paintings, conjuring up, planning and scheduling new projects for the fall. It was a full-on trip of creative momentum and energy.
Enter July.
July surprised me with a considerable shift in energy and is whispering to me about being: sitting, writing, observing, experiencing the present and letting go of to-do lists and expectations. It's also shifting my thoughts from the outward matters of business, networking and creativity to more inward matters like the home, roots, family and nature. It's a slowing down, a return to the core after a flurry of external activity.
I won't lie, there's a part of me (most likely an irrational one) that's afraid I've lost June's creative flow forever; luckily another part of me is practicing trust that this creative ebb is all part of the process and necessary to replenish the well.
Maybe it's simply time to embrace flow of a different kind for a while. I'm choosing to
PS - I'll be away from this space for a week or so as I take a break to soak in some salty sea air, but I'll be back the week of the 19th - maybe even with that new Web site I've been promising! See you on the flip side. xo
I felt it too. Right in the middle of an enormous high of creativity, it hit like a wave, no, a tsunami. I slept for two days straight. Now I am back at it, but at a slower pace. Wish I were near the sea too. Have a great week.......see you when you return.
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yes, i think creativity ebbs and flows- totally normal so i try to remember not to panic! :)
ReplyDeletecan't wait to see!
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