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endeavor landed in your inbox for a reason, you would not have been chosen if you were not capable of doing it. Be persistent about finding your own method. And experiment with systems, which brings me to the next point.
Learning Mindset
All creative endeavors come with challenges and learning. The purpose of experimentation
is to explore possibilities. Sometimes our
experiments don’t work and sometimes
they do and the point is we learn and grow. The Universe loves experiments. Look at all the weird and wonderful creatures and life on this planet. It shows you the amazing beauty of experiments. And yes, some of them are outlandish, and isn’t that wonderful.
My creative life is full of experiments. Some worked, some failed and some led to wonderful results I never could have imagined. I think this is also testament to the fact that I am not working alone. Divine inspiration is always present (if I attune myself) to guide me along the way.
Curiosity is food for creatives. Be curious about your process, be curious about stray thoughts, be curious about your emotions (this is also a great practice for writing compelling stories) be curious about mistakes. Try new things.
Persistence and Learning Grows Skills
Creativity is not skill. Skills take time, learning and experimentation to grow. If you are less skilled now, or just starting, continue to be persistent and experiment you will learn. Your skills will grow, feeding new life into your creativity. Please don’t fall into the trap of thinking only “specially gifted” folks can be artists, writers or entrepreneurs.
We thrive when we persist with our creative endeavors. Completing them is motivation for more growth and inspiration. After a project is completed,
it’s important to take time to honor our accomplishment. Driving ourselves can lead to losing touch with our muse. Inspiration needs time to gestate. In the meantime, you can mine the completed creative endeavor for all the learning you couldn’t see in the midst of doing it. This is a great way to up-level your learning. Ask yourself the following questions:
• What surprised me about this creative
endeavor?
• What am I most proud of with this
project?
• What roadblocks did I overcome and
how did I overcome them?
• What would I do differently if I did it
again?
You are a creative genius, own it!
Maura McCarley Torkildson, The
Inner Tree Cultivator is an author,
artist and creativity mentor. She
loves to support women to trust
their inner resources to ignite their
creative genius and complete their
creative soul projects. Her second
book, The Inner Tree: Exploring the
Roots of Your Intuition and
Overcoming Barriers to Mastering It
will be published late spring/early
summer. Sign up for
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