Haven’t been on the internet so much this week (which is a good thing) but the music never stops playing
Very funny… 28 Days Late made me cry with laughter (via Jo)
How Shakespeare changed everything
On a clear day you can see forever (via Hannah)
Bit obsessed with Ze Frank at the moment
Ditto dating blogs: one | two | three
There’s going to be a supermoon tonight
Things I’m afraid to tell you — lots of bloggers telling the truth = LOVE!
It’s a special SFTW this week — the Creative Joy edition! We asked some of our favourite people to give us their take on creative joy and what it means/brings to their lives…
Christine Mason Miller’s creative joy loves this moment, plenty of water, quiet and laughter
Justine Musk: “creative joy is an arrow that points us to meaning.”
Janet Goldstein created an inquiry for finding your creative joy that will make your brain and heart buzz
Jeffrey Davis reminds us to embrace our inner goofy with love
Lisa Rough noticed the unexpected simplicity of creative joy
Chris Zydel opens your heart with an invocation of color
Tanya Geisler reminds us that we were born to create
Jamie Ridler feeds creative joy by following her own rhythm
Ronna Detrick tells a story about creativity in the darkness
Darrah Parker finds creative joy in unlikely places
Samantha Reynolds wrote a poem on the power of creativity
Heather Plett on how to create joy
Julie Daley asks will you let yourself open to orgasmic creativity?
Kyeli Smith made a video!
Lianne Raymond gave us an equation: deep rest + wild play = creative joy
Marney Makridakis suggests making a joyful clock
Eric Klein asks are you on fire for creative joy?
Amanda Oaks finds poetry in everything
Bridget Pilloud shared some tips on creative joy from her dog Olive
Liz Lamoreux explored creating space for joy
Lisa Sonora Beam looks at what supports (and gets in the way of) her creative joy
Andrea Scher on learning to turn on the faucet
Marianne Elliott talks about the joy of service
Jen Louden explores regaining your creative joy
Something for you!
And finally, there are still spaces on the Creative Joy retreat in June, so if you’re feeling the pull to join please do come — it’s going to be magic! In the meantime, we wanted to bring some creative joy to YOU, right now, so we’ve put together the Creative Joy Workbook — you can download it right HERE. Print it out, scribble in it, share with whoever you think needs it. There’s journalling space inside, and lots of questions, prompts and invites to help you dig into your own creative joy (and thanks to Jo for the joyful design!)
Hot tip: I recommend answering the questions in the workbook while listening to this week’s mixtape :)
When Jen, Marianne and I started talking about doing a retreat together, we knew we wanted JOY infused through everything: through the days, the workshops, through our connections with participants and each other, through it all. We wanted to create a space where JOY could be found. The further we dug, the more it became apparent that this JOY comes from our creativity. So obvious, really. It comes from writing, and photographing, and singing, and moving our bodies, and breathing through silence. It’s found in paint and pencil, in ink and the keyboard. It lives in the books we make and the ones we read. It can be stitched and knitted and moulded and cooked.
Creative joy seems to show up easiest when we let ourselves get lost in play. When we drop our expectations and let ourselves experiment and explore. I watch my nephew do this when he’s enjoying how water pours and sand crumbles and Play Doh squishes. I feel it too when I’m someplace new with my camera in my hands. When I forget about how I got there and just sink into what I SEE.
My creative joy comes from my imagination.
The excitement of the new.
Sunlight.
Vintage cameras.
The realisation that there are so many things in the world to be photographed, so many moments to record, so many places to explore.
Kissing.
Hope.
A two-year-old boy called Noah.
My eyes — the art and practice of SEEING.
Emotions, and allowing myself to feel them.
Being truthful about how I feel.
Wanting to get it down on the page.
Books, piles and piles of books.
Blogging and the community it builds.
My women friends.
How my sister and I inspire the best in each other.
Being an aunt.
Being alive.
Where do you find your creative joy?
Dear World (via Sas)
A breath-taking reminder just how gigantic Jupiter really is
[Video] an invocation for beginnings from the awesome Ze Frank
The book of the future (via Sarah)
[video] Too much work and still broke?
Why we stay in a relationship (way) too long
Inspiring post from Julie this week: Weaving a new world
And finally, Instant Love is featured in Mollie Makes this month!
