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One of the best
ways to encourage creativity is to try new things. There are many kinds of journals. Some
people record their innermost thoughts and feelings daily. Others write a
single poem or a few lines of an essay once a week, every few months, or
simply "whenever". The wonderful thing about journaling is that
there are no rules or restrictions. To get your creative juices flowing,
start a journal to record inspirational thoughts and ideas, or keep track of
an artistic project. Choose a blank book, preferably without lines, that
appeals to you in color, size, and texture. Or make your own journal,
designing a cover with drawings and photographs. Starting is the most
important action. In the beginning, you might want to schedule journal time
into your day... but even if you don't, you know it is there waiting
for you when inspiration strikes. One of the best ways to encourage
creativity is to try new things. Don't let your preconceived notions
of what a "journal" should be get in your way. Anything too formal
or linear is up for grabs when flying with your creativity: write with your
non-dominant hand, or write in a different direction - landscape orientation
is a great start, diagonally, or even in a circle. When it comes down to it,
you don't even really need to write any words at all: draw, doodle,
or paste a collage of images instead. The important thing is not to worry
about your artistic skill in creating the journal, but to focus instead on
your own expression. Anything fresh will do to kick-start your creativity:
use different colored pens or pencils; fill your pages with colorful doodles;
anything to keep you from traveling the same worn paths in your thinking. Your journal can be about any aspect of
your creativity. You may or may not believe it at this moment, but there is
no such thing as a "non-creative person". Any collection of
fragments can be your repository of dreams, your prompt book for brilliant
ideas, or the start of a larger creative endeavor. Don't just spend
time putting a journal together; every once in a while, take it down off the
shelf and read it as if you just found someone else's journal lying
there (and that it was okay to look inside). The inspiration you discover may
surprise you. |
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