LUXURY OF TIME - playing is serious business - The Artist's Way (Week 6, Day 7) by Intention Inspired published on 2021-07-09T20:02:17Z Today, let's get serious with our art by getting serious with our play. Watch today's video here » https://youtu.be/6ocMnKNoCUg 👉 Take your creative recovery seriously with FREE 10-minute daily sessions and a supportive community at https://mattprindle.com/artist __________ TODAY'S INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERON Creative living requires the luxury of time, which we carve out for ourselves—even if it’s fifteen minutes for quick morning pages and a ten-minute mini bath after work. Creative living requires the luxury of space for ourselves, even if all we manage to carve out is one special bookshelf and a windowsill that is ours. (My study has a window shelf of paperweights and seashells.) Remember that your artist is a youngster and youngsters like things that are “mine.” My chair. My book. My pillow. Designating a few things special and yours alone can go a long way toward making you feel pampered. Chinatown anywhere offers a beautiful teacup and saucer for under five dollars. Secondhand stores often have one-of-a-kind china plates that make an afternoon snack a more creative experience. Much of what we do in a creative recovery may seem silly. Silly is a defense our Wet Blanket adult uses to squelch our artist child. Beware of silly as a word you toss at yourself. Yes, artist dates are silly—that’s the whole point. Creativity lives in paradox: serious art is born from serious play. (The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 112) GET THE BOOK » http://mattprindle.com/the-artist-way-book __________ TODAY'S AFFIRMATION I routinely allow myself the luxury of free time. __________ TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISE Bake something. (If you have a sugar problem, make a fruit salad.) Creativity does not have to always involve capital-A art. Very often, the act of cooking something can help you cook something up in another creative mode. When I am stymied as a writer, I make soups and pies. __________ TODAY'S QUOTE "As an artist, it is central to be unsatisfied! This isn’t greed, though it might be appetite." — Lawrence Calcagno __________ TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPT What is one tiny change that will allow you more free time to play today? Genre Learning