Monday, April 23, 2012

Four Ways to Nurture Your Inner Artist

I gave myself the gift of walking along the hilly, shop lined streets of Shrewsbury, England with my camera for a much needed "Artists Day".  Shrewsbury has over 700 shops. It was delightfully fun and my inner child was in heaven.
 
Do something right now:  "Forget everything else on your "to do" list for the next hour and go outside with a pencil and sketchbook or a small container of watercolors and as quickly as you can, capture what you see." 

Give yourself the pleasure of an "Artists Day":  "Go visit a museum, an antique shop, a garden center or some other place where you can meander for hours with no agenda.  After the experience, see how inspired and renewed you feel and how it fed your creativity."

Buy something that you have been denying yourself:  "Buy that new tube of cobalt blue, magenta or lemon yellow paint.  Then go paint on either the biggest or smallest canvas you can find.  See what happens!" 

Play music:  "Music excites that right side of the brain further stimulating your creativity... and no difference if its Mozart, Pavarotti, Brightman or the Beatles."

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