Would you like to add more enjoyment to your day… feel better… calm your mind… smile a bit more? If you're looking for any of the above, try a creative break.
Grab a piece of paper or index cards, a blank journal or a notebook. Choose a few pens, markers or a pencil and start drawing, making marks or doodling. Creative prompts can help you get started. Find lots of them on one of my favorite websites, Daisy Yellow Art.
You could make a collage with a variety of papers, images or magazine clippings that appeal to you. Add maps, brochures, tickets… a handwritten note. Take the papers you’ve found and place one or two on a larger piece of paper or journal page. Move them around. Add more, take some away. When you like the placement, glue everything down. A glue stick works when applied liberally, or try Tacky glue or gel medium. Adding words from a magazine, printing favorite words/quotes with a printer, adding paint, markers or rubber stamps can complete the collage.
Do you enjoy taking photos? Photography is a great way to add creativity to your day. Take your phone or camera with you and look for something that captures your attention. Photo sharing websites that encourage you to post a daily photo can make this a habit. Blipfoto: the Daily Photo Journal is free to join. Add one photo a day to your online journal and write something about it, or not!
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
The projects below can help you begin. Find more ideas in the menu at the top.
