Creative Process

creativity happening here

Creative Process ...

We all have one,

a routine we create in order to start working

favorite items around us

music playing in the background

candlelight

incense

our favorite apron on

our special workplace

meditation

As I was creating a small Zentangle this morning

I took a look around my studio ...

it was filled with my favorite things

and I realized that I truly love my space.

My studio is filled with stuff,

my stuff

all beautiful reminders from friends 

and past experiences.

They all fill me to the brim with happiness

Oh yes I do have a beginning ritual

I perform before beginning any art project.

My candles must be lit,

I can smell my sage incense burning gently

I love my studio window to be open

so I can hear the gentle beginnings of the day,

I have a small meditation bell

tied to my work lamp,

I hit it before I begin

for I love to hear the small ringing sound

gently fading away

and I know it is time to begin.

If I am lucky and have the time,

how I love to begin by reading a poem

from one of my favorite poets,

it just seems to ground me.

It takes so much to get started

and when in the creative process,

"the bubble", the "zone,

it takes so much for me to stop.

 Enjoying the process

is such an awesome thing ..

I wonder

what is your creative process,

what does it take for you 

to stop living the day to day stuff

and come to your art space and work?  

To just begin ...

I'd love to hear

Donna Lee

(It feels so good to be back in the studio creating again after my little heart detour)