Episode 250: Daily (WIP) | Creativity Matters Podcast (CMP)

Above: shifting to #WIP has been a big leap of faith for me, one that brings my approach to “daily” and my reliance on “finishing” something daily under a spotlight of reflection, personal insight, creative journey archeology and philosophy. Working on drawing #1 for August and for #dycatchphrase prompt 1/a.

Episode 250 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast

In this episode of the CMP, thoughts on “daily” and how the concept of daily varies for each of us and how that affects how we view beginnings, endings, and transitions to something new. Plus, thoughts on shifting to multi-day #WIP projects rather than start-to-finish-each-day projects. There are plusses and minuses, and I am feeling my way as August unfolds. But so far, I am enjoying the change of pace and working on a skill I often lack… patience.

The Flow of Episode 250 (and relevant links):

Discussion of daily, challenges, ICAD ending, taking a break or not, transitioning to #WIP projects, the importance of “start to finish” projects, and more.
Neil Gaiman 2012 Commencement Speech “Make Good Art” (video)
#WIP – Embroidery book from Episode 223: Catfish Green
Rebecca Ringquist’s Embroidery Workshops: A Bend-the-Rules Primer
Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self (Manoush Zomorodi; forthcoming, September 2017 )
The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too) (Gretchen Rubin; forthcoming, September 2017)
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything (Anne Bogel; forthcoming, September 2017) )
Essential Enneagram: The Definitive Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide (David Daniels)
#dycatchphrase (an open-ended “word” art challenge from Daisy Yellow)
12+ Ways to Get Words on Art Journal Pages (Tammy Garcia, Daisy Yellow)
27+ Ideas for Using Words in Your Journal (more ideas!, Tammy Garcia, Daisy Yellow)
Guitar music: Nicholai Heidlas on SoundCloud
Music: Lee Rosevere
Creativity Matters Group at Facebook
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” We each have our own way of dealing with projects, with to-dos and goals, with starts and finishes, beginnings and endings… and with our systems of habit, routine, and accountability. In hearing others talk about how it felt to end the two month (ICAD) project… how they embraced that or resisted that or needed downtime after, it was again mind-expanding to recognize that these moments do strike us differently… we react differently. Our differences lead to our individual ‘what’s next’ or to our hesitation or our powerful beginnings or our reluctant endings… “