How Your Daily Life Can Inspire Creative Vision

Journal October 2019 @Musée D’ Orsay ©beth vendryes williams

I discovered that in my life.

Here I sit, with my laptop on a crisp autumn Saturday morning watching the sun warm the trees as the leaves begin to turn. It is a glorious moment to savor and drink in the fresh air! My thoughts go to the blessings of being creative.

Every day, I practice the process of making art out of my life.

Do you want to know why?

I discovered this way of working while I was teaching art to 600 students a week over 20 years.

As you can well imagine, not all of them cared about painting and drawing. But every student loved discovering a new experience, recognizing beauty, making a difference by making a mark that could be seen, and communicate with others.

So, I focused on reading about the creative process in tandem with raising our three sons, painting & drawing. Through that research of writings by scientists, researchers, dancers, yogis, philosophers, and writers, I learned more about the process of creating, no matter what the materials.

I began to observe the ways I used my creativity in my daily life. Imagination is needed in every part of the day, which extends way beyond merely making a product marketed as art. In fact, the process of creative thinking can result in making your life itself into a work of art!

My biggest challenge was finding time and space to work.

Check back with me next Thursday to find out what I did!