Want to know how to prevent your creative skills from getting rusty… as an artist, photographer, writer, or any other creative endeavor? It’s easy really. Just tell me what type of creative you are, and I’ll tell you how to keep that skill from getting rusty.
In alphabetical order…
Artist: Pick up your tools of the trade every day and create something. Whether it’s a pencil sketch or a 20 foot painting, create art daily.
Designer: Never leave home without a sketch pad and pen or pencil. Find one thing every day that you could use in your designs and record it in a notebook. Review that notebook once a week for the best ideas.
Musician: Your instrument should never gather dust (unlike the wheels in the images). If that instrument is your voice, the same rules apply, even if it’s just five minutes daily.
Photographer: Do not leave home without your camera. Take it everywhere you go and make sure you click that shutter no less than once a day (no limit on max number of times).
Scrapbooker: Find your focus and why you scrapbook… if it’s the artistry, sketch, design, select images, do journaling, choose supplies or create a new layout every day.
Writer: Write every day. Give yourself a set word count you must reach and don’t let yourself sleep until you reach it. Doesn’t matter whether it’s good or bad (it’ll be bad, all rough drafts are). Just write.
DID I LEAVE ANYONE OUT?
Surely I did because there are so many creative outlets, I couldn’t possibly cover them all. But if you read the creative pursuits I highlighted, you’ll see the patterns, the keys… DAILY, CONSISTENT, COMMITTED, FOCUS.
So how are you doing on preventing your creative skills from getting rusty? Are you flexible, supple and ready to go or are you more like the rusty wheels in the images? I’d like to know!
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