Jumpstart Your Creativity
Written By Jill Tucker
Get outside. To you that may mean taking a hike, sitting under your favorite tree or lying in your grandma’s backyard grass. Go ahead, sleep on the trampoline. You’ll live. You may even enjoy it. Being outside in nature recharges and inspires us whether we like it or not. Weather bad? Put on your best gear and do it anyway. As Grandpa Bert always said, there isn’t bad weather, only bad rain gear. Go for it. Report back.
Do something new. See a foreign film at a theater in a part of town you’ve never been. Paint en plein air. Tackle a new recipe. Turn wood. Throw clay. Anything new will get you to think differently and unlock creativity. I promise. (But don’t guarantee. Don’t sue.)
Talk to a stranger. This is my personal favorite. I’m a visual and word artist. I have been a professional writer for years. Nothing inspires me more than talking to a stranger about them. That last part is key. Give it a whirl.
Try a new art medium. Because I am split right down the middle between visual arts and writing, what I mean by this thing is so try poetry if you are a long-form writer. Try chalk if you are an oil painter. You get it. Yes you do. Yes you do.
Limit yourself. Try painting with only three colors. Try writing with only 100 words. The struggle is real. And rewarding.