Here are some
beginning thoughts on how to create a culture of creativity for yourself and/or
your child in the new year.
Let go of ideas of perfection. Give perfection up. And give yourself permission to meander. Record
ideas. Doodle. Open the door and leave the house. Go to the
museum. Go to your local art gallery and spend more than one minute looking at
each art piece. Take a walk outside. You know that Art doesn’t occur on its own. You have to
get moving and open your eyes. …..Kids make what we perceive as junk, but they
have it right. They are having “experiences”. Process drives them not what
happens at the end. We could learn a lot from these little people.
Start sketching with a pen and carry a little blank book
with you everywhere. Don’t let something in your head be lost again. And say
goodbye to erasing. Draw more lines, cut more shapes, listen to more music. Erasing
is bad for the paper and bad for your soul. It tells you that what you are doing
is not good enough. Shut those voices down. Now get moving. You have a lot to
do. It is going to be a year where you've been creative. Yes, it is!
