creativity: idea, vision, implementation
Hi! Sheila here. Master of the Purpose Pivot & Certified xchange Guide 👣
There was a time when I rose before the crack of dawn, drove to the Park n' Ride, then commuted on the bus for an hour. It was a time of work n' repeat. Metro Boulot Dodo as the French say. Loved my job, but Henry Miller's quote in his novel Plexus really hit a nerve:
"I thought of the hours he had done doing drudge work so that later he might be free to do as he pleased, though he never did know precisely what it was he would do when he would be able to do only what he pleased."
So ensued years asking myself that very question: "what would I do when I can do only what I please?" Answers soon came along: paint, dream studies, improv, beach life, connect with creative people, create a farm, become an herbalist, travel, facilitate navigating change ...
🌻 The time is now as far as doing what you please. Here's my focus these days:
🌱 Facilitate Conscious LeadershipThe xchange approach has the tools to unlock personal and collective intelligence so we can create our desired future. I'm a certified xchange guide using this innovative approach to create the desired future of individuals and groups through inquiry. When we're facing change at a personal or a group level, navigating toward the future is an unknown. Inquiry is the key to unlocking adaptive intelligence. Even though we've generally been taught that you or someone has the answer, nope. Navigating change is a creative process.
🐞 Nature JournalingNature Journaling marries drawing, painting, observation, interpretation, documentation... It's really fun! My first drawing teacher was the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. It's all about letting yourself see what is in front of you so you can draw. Without training, the left brain can have its way and tell you what you should think you see in front of you. The left brain is always butting in to have its way until the right brain gets its due respect and is allowed to work its observational magic.
🎭 ImprovLike anyone, I was socialized to conform. So, discovering an artform that aims to deconstruct unconscious self-imposed limits is really liberating. Good book? Impro: Improvisation and the Theater by Keith Johnstone.
"Those who say 'yes' are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say 'no' are rewarded by the safety they attain.” ― Keith Johnstone Improv was a surprising epiphany. (Luckily, improv is back in my life now!) It all started with my dream teacher Robert Moss’ "dream theater". One person shared a dream then the rest of us became players in dream reenactment, embodying people, objects, natural forces. Anything was possible. So, when an auction table offered Unexpected Productions Improv 100, I heard myself say "I'd never do that." Had to backtrack and place the winning bid leading to improv, clown, acting, sketch. Unleashing imagination, camaraderie, and laughs: improv is my kind of therapy. 🌀 From idea to vision to action and implementation, begin by saying yes.
🖌️ Herbalism and Daydream FarmThe creative process is always in action in the garden. The plants are calling me. According to the herbalists I'm learning from, the plants are calling you, too. Why not answer by taking a walk in nature?
"If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks" ~ Ursula K. LeGuin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 🎨 What are you creating?
There was a time when I rose before the crack of dawn, drove to the Park n' Ride, then commuted on the bus for an hour. It was a time of work n' repeat. Metro Boulot Dodo as the French say. Loved my job, but Henry Miller's quote in his novel Plexus really hit a nerve:
"I thought of the hours he had done doing drudge work so that later he might be free to do as he pleased, though he never did know precisely what it was he would do when he would be able to do only what he pleased."
So ensued years asking myself that very question: "what would I do when I can do only what I please?" Answers soon came along: paint, dream studies, improv, beach life, connect with creative people, create a farm, become an herbalist, travel, facilitate navigating change ...
🌻 The time is now as far as doing what you please. Here's my focus these days:
🌱 Facilitate Conscious LeadershipThe xchange approach has the tools to unlock personal and collective intelligence so we can create our desired future. I'm a certified xchange guide using this innovative approach to create the desired future of individuals and groups through inquiry. When we're facing change at a personal or a group level, navigating toward the future is an unknown. Inquiry is the key to unlocking adaptive intelligence. Even though we've generally been taught that you or someone has the answer, nope. Navigating change is a creative process.
🐞 Nature JournalingNature Journaling marries drawing, painting, observation, interpretation, documentation... It's really fun! My first drawing teacher was the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. It's all about letting yourself see what is in front of you so you can draw. Without training, the left brain can have its way and tell you what you should think you see in front of you. The left brain is always butting in to have its way until the right brain gets its due respect and is allowed to work its observational magic.
🎭 ImprovLike anyone, I was socialized to conform. So, discovering an artform that aims to deconstruct unconscious self-imposed limits is really liberating. Good book? Impro: Improvisation and the Theater by Keith Johnstone.
"Those who say 'yes' are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say 'no' are rewarded by the safety they attain.” ― Keith Johnstone Improv was a surprising epiphany. (Luckily, improv is back in my life now!) It all started with my dream teacher Robert Moss’ "dream theater". One person shared a dream then the rest of us became players in dream reenactment, embodying people, objects, natural forces. Anything was possible. So, when an auction table offered Unexpected Productions Improv 100, I heard myself say "I'd never do that." Had to backtrack and place the winning bid leading to improv, clown, acting, sketch. Unleashing imagination, camaraderie, and laughs: improv is my kind of therapy. 🌀 From idea to vision to action and implementation, begin by saying yes.
🖌️ Herbalism and Daydream FarmThe creative process is always in action in the garden. The plants are calling me. According to the herbalists I'm learning from, the plants are calling you, too. Why not answer by taking a walk in nature?
"If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks" ~ Ursula K. LeGuin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 🎨 What are you creating?
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