Use What You Have - Filling the Creative Well Blog Series

 

We can easily fall into the trap of waiting for the perfect art supply or not using that art supply because you are saving it for best - the perfect brush, or the perfect moment.  

I am reminding you that you already have what you need to make a start. We don’t have to wait for the stars to align or the wind to blow in a particular direction before we take that step.

Dig into your current supplies, what haven’t you used for a long time? What has been neglected?  We can often overlook our supplies in the pursuit for more. There is beauty in using what’s available and, creativity often thrives when we set limitations and work within them.

In the video I speak about all the books that I have bought over the years and thinking about what inspired me from the book and how I can adapt it with what I have.

When you use what you have, you practice gratitude. And you discover unexpected possibilities. There’s nothing missing, you are already surrounded by potential.

What you can Try

• Create a full page using only what you already have within your immediate space 

• Look around your space: what is within arm’s reach? What can be repurposed or transformed?

Takeaway Nuggets:

1. Limitation sparks imagination
2. What you already have is more than enough.

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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. .