Lovely thoughts to start the year, Nino, thank you! One particular part of environment I’ve started cultivated this past year, and want to do more of: a ‘scenius’, people around me who are in a similar creative field, or somewhere off it, who I can bounce my ideas off and who bounce their ideas off me. The term scenius was coined by Brian Eno, I think, from the Beach Boys, instead of a ‘lone genius’, he saw the magic of a scene.
Yes! I just started reading a book by Austin Kleon where he wites about a ‘scenius’. I need to still finish that chapter.
Meeting up with others in the creative field on a regular basis is so valuable. I’ve been getting together with sketcher friends for a while now, but meeting up with people from other creative fields are also a good idea.
Thank you for sharing this - so many good bits of advice. I find having a set time to sit down with my sketchbook really works for me (after dinner, while my husband starts the dishes)
Thank you for your post, it has really got me thinking about where I get my daily doses of creativity starters. I can really relate to the ones you listed and have one of mine to add. I seem to get lost in a time warp of art (art journaling and drawing) and sewing when I listen to true crime podcasts. I go for hours and have no idea how much time is passing, I'm just happily arting partially listening to horrible crimes. I have no idea why this sparks such a creative flame in me, but it does!
So funny that you say that, I just read a post from Beth Spenser where she says that she likes to sketch while watching trashy reality romance TV shows.
I like to sew while watching Historical Sewing channels on youtube. But for painting I prefer listening to instrumental music.
I was just wondering today if I could watch something when I'm sewing. So far crime podcasts are playing during sewing, but I need it super loud to hear above my machine. I feel bad for my husband who might be hearing details from crimes and wondering how I can create 😁
Lovely thoughts to start the year, Nino, thank you! One particular part of environment I’ve started cultivated this past year, and want to do more of: a ‘scenius’, people around me who are in a similar creative field, or somewhere off it, who I can bounce my ideas off and who bounce their ideas off me. The term scenius was coined by Brian Eno, I think, from the Beach Boys, instead of a ‘lone genius’, he saw the magic of a scene.
Yes! I just started reading a book by Austin Kleon where he wites about a ‘scenius’. I need to still finish that chapter.
Meeting up with others in the creative field on a regular basis is so valuable. I’ve been getting together with sketcher friends for a while now, but meeting up with people from other creative fields are also a good idea.
Thank you for sharing this - so many good bits of advice. I find having a set time to sit down with my sketchbook really works for me (after dinner, while my husband starts the dishes)
That is a good idea! Almost like habit stacking - add something you want to do to something that you are already doing.
Thank you for your post, it has really got me thinking about where I get my daily doses of creativity starters. I can really relate to the ones you listed and have one of mine to add. I seem to get lost in a time warp of art (art journaling and drawing) and sewing when I listen to true crime podcasts. I go for hours and have no idea how much time is passing, I'm just happily arting partially listening to horrible crimes. I have no idea why this sparks such a creative flame in me, but it does!
So funny that you say that, I just read a post from Beth Spenser where she says that she likes to sketch while watching trashy reality romance TV shows.
I like to sew while watching Historical Sewing channels on youtube. But for painting I prefer listening to instrumental music.
I was just wondering today if I could watch something when I'm sewing. So far crime podcasts are playing during sewing, but I need it super loud to hear above my machine. I feel bad for my husband who might be hearing details from crimes and wondering how I can create 😁