A quiet newsletter for reflection, creativity, and moving ideas forward, one small step at a time.
Dear Creativity...for the senses and ideas
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Dear Creativity, Lately, I’ve been noticing how much inspiration is everywhere this time of year. It’s impossible to miss if I slow down long enough to look. On my recent visit to wine country, you were present in every sense. In the rolling vineyards stretching toward the horizon. In the careful pairing of wine and charcuterie, where each flavor seemed to tell its own small story. In the glow of holiday lights wrapped around trees in town squares, quietly transforming ordinary streets into something magical. Creativity, you were there in the smells, too, the warmth of evening meals, the sweetness of seasonal treats, the deep, dark, gooey richness of drinking chocolate that felt like an experience all its own. Thick, slow, indulgent. Not rushed. It struck me how freely inspiration offers itself during moments like these. No forcing. No striving. Just an invitation to pay attention. To savor. To let beauty and delight fill us up. And it has me wondering about our ideas. What if this is where motivation really comes from, not pressure or productivity hacks, but from allowing ourselves to be moved by what we see, taste, smell, and feel? What if gathering inspiration is part of the work of bringing ideas into the world? So I’m sitting with this, Creativity: how might we capture these small, sensory moments and let them gently nudge our ideas forward, instead of waiting for the “perfect” time to begin? Innovatively yours, |
Diary of a Wannabe Creative
A quiet newsletter for reflection, creativity, and moving ideas forward, one small step at a time.
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