One of the most powerful lessons I've learned in the past year is that I cannot create nonstop. I cannot work on the same thing for a whole work day. I cannot put in a 40 hour creative work week. I must do a creative recharge. {With the recharge I can sometimes do 50 or 60 hours of creating, and some very long days, but I have to know when and how to recharge.
The past few days I spent my time just being a mom, building drip castles, eating ice cream, beach combing for glass and shells {and heart shaped rocks}, picnicing in the shadow of a light house, watching ridiculous cartoons, visiting fairy gardens, and the such.
I did not blog or write or paint or market my art or courses. I just was. I was doing a full on creative recharge. [I fought this and resisted, but in the end I surrendered.]
I am now officially ready for my summer work to begin. This week I start camp at the Wayne Center for the Arts. I also start Just 4 Girls Yoga: Sheroes Series this Thursday. Next week I start Meeting and Making Masterpieces, a kids' art class starts next Monday and Summer Camp for Teachers starts next Wednesday. I'm also brewing a variety of projects around recycled/upcycled art and rumblings of writings. {More revealed soon!}
How and when do you recharge? What fuels your creativity when the well runs dry?
yea it takes a lot of engery to work 40 hours a week.
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