Brave Beginnings - Filling The Creative Well - Blog Series

 

Day 2: B – Brave Beginnings

Bravery in creativity doesn’t look like perfection. It is about showing up, even when you don’t feel like it, taking those small and consistent steps. Brave beginnings can look messy especially at the start, but you have to keep moving forward.  They are often the marks we make before we know what we’re creating.

Today is about beginning something new and taking that step, even if you don’t feel confident. Try and pick up a supply you have rarely used or one that is totally new to you, or that you haven't used at all.  Get comfortable in the uncomfortable.  

When you try something new doubt has a way of showing up, but that is okay.  Sometimes when we address whatever the fear might be it helps us stretch and grow in our practice, which is a vital part of the creative process.

Bravery can also be about gentleness and giving yourself permission to create without judgement or criticism.

What Can We Do?

Start your page by writing an encouraging sentence to yourself. “I am brave because .............”  Then allow yourself to create marks on the page.  

You might try scribbling or drawing with your non-dominant hand. Or closing your eyes and choosing three supplies randomly. Bravery can look like play.

Check out my Non-dominant hand painting, it was really freeing to create.

 

Over time, brave beginnings build creative resilience. The more often you start, the less precious “starting” becomes.

Takeaway Nuggets:

1. Bravery is showing up to create even when you're uncertain.
2. Every new beginning builds creative confidence and resilience.

 Check out some of the free and paid resources below to enhance your creative journey 

Course Platform - there are a variety of FREE courses and resources for you to use in your creative practice.

FREE Tier - Patreon - I have a Free Tier on Patreon that has a selection of early release posts and monthly Digital Download Papers for you to use in your creative projects - Learn More Here

YouTube - Weekly Videos to encourage your creative practice, Slow stitching, art journaling and Artists chats - Learn More Here

Check out Filling the Creative Well which helps you establish your creative practice. In the course Filling the Creative Well, your journal is also a place to answer questions, encourage and motivate you, some days you need a reminder and so filling it with encouraging words so that you can come back to it, especially in those days where you are in a valley is really important. .