The Creative Wanderer - Your Weekly Jaunt into Creative Inspiration
This week Jo & Emilija discuss defining and safeguarding their sense of artistic identity and look at some pesky ways of how sabotage that can stop creative recovery.
They look at how to wheedle out those troublesome saboteurs, discuss the fear of missing out and how to defend precious creative time by having daily artistic rituals, which replace those time snaffling habits.
Emilija and Jo talk about moving from self-doubt into self-expression, about trusting their creativity and digging out all the sludge and muck of layers and layers of their own creative denial. They talk about ‘Going Sane’ in the process and how it feels like you are doing the very opposite… how this newly discovered artistic sanity can feel erratic.
Jo uncovers her silent saboteur and Emilija owns up to having a creative tornado hurtling through her flat on a daily basis.
They visit the playground of life and climb on the seesaw with ‘Poisonous Playmates’, who are not quite the good friends they appear to be to our artist child. Next, they jump on the merry-go-round with the ‘Crazymakers’! Jo and Emilija discuss these master saboteurs and how they are magnetised to you when you are creating. Coming to terms with the fact that the ‘playground’ is littered with blocked artists, but that we are all at different stages of our creative journey, is key to not pointing the finger of blame or taking those ‘well intended’ back-handed ‘compliments’ personally.
They then get into the nitty gritty of the inner blocks - skepticism and imposter syndrome. Onward they wander to 'Attention' and how living in the now is a way to connect and survive. Revealing how attention is both focused and expansive.
Jo & Emilija share what inspired them this week, talk about how they found the tasks, and discover that their ‘Life Pies’ might be missing a wholesome slice or two. They think you should ‘get creating’ because it is easier to ‘do’ than ‘not do’...
Don’t forget to tune into the next episode: Week 3 of The Artist’s Way - Recovering a Sense of Power
Should you want a creative companion, The Creative Wanderers are very happy to be able to offer you their support in a number of ways: E-mail them to let them know what you are enjoying or indeed what you are struggling with (creative_wanderer@yahoo.com); follow them on Instagram (@cre8tive1derer) and share any pictures, quotes you have been inspired by or affirmations which resonate with you.
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