Last Friday I was home with no car, no baby, no husband, and no agenda. It was pouring rain. And I'm mean, pouring, ALL day. I have to admit, this is some of my favorite kind of weather. Especially when I'm at home with no where to go!
It could have been very easy for me to scatter about the day - running a few loads of laundry, and cleaning the kitchen, and reorganizing my closet (again!), and getting lost in email land. So I immediately wrote out my "intention" for the day - "to play with art materials" and "try something new". Posting my intentions gave me complete permission to do nothing else but have fun playing, (rather than thinking, "I should be doing this or that...").
Ahhh...what a relief! I pulled my art supplies out to the screened-in-porch so I could be surrounded by the rain. And there I was - quilt, coffee, and a white journal page staring blankly at me.
While I played, I remembered a fun idea that I learned from Aimee at
Artsyville. (She is super creative!) She calls it "
Mindless Word Fun." She cuts out words from magazines and then randomly picks out a few and rearranges them.
Here is the one I made that day:
"Discover inspiration, creamy dream. Good-bye shock."
What creative intentions will you set for yourself this week?
Are you up for the challenge? For one month, starting tomorrow, the "Art Every Day" challenge begins. Read about it here. This is an opportunity to create something, ANYTHING, everyday. No need for it to be a "finished" project, just let yourself have fun, get your hands dirty and make some stuff. Let's all unite together and let our creativity really take flight!
So start, today, everyday and make art. If you want to join the group who's up for the "Art Everyday Challenge", visit this blog: Creative Every Day, and leave a comment on a blog post, letting them know you want to sign up.
