identify 100 little ways to be creatively inspired

21. meditate on a regular basis
22. watch the city from atop a double-decker bus
23. listen to people talk in public with my eyes closed and imagine what they look like
24. make sure all my lunches contain complimentary colors
25. keep talking out loud to my dog in her language
26. mouse with my left hand
27. keep writing down cool quotes I hear throughout the day
28. dance as often as possible
29. eat in complete darkness
30. keep a smelling diary

11. talking with little Z as often as I possibly can.
12. listening to her as often as I possibly can.
13. get away from the computer more often
14. go barefoot
15. chase my dog
16. play with the neighbor girls
17. be silly
18. walk backwards
19. sing made-up songs
20. be upside-down

1. listening to podcasts of interesting music (i.e. KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic)
2. playing music with other people
3. reading erotica
4. cooking for someone
5. making up stories about people in the cashier line
6. wearing fuzzy, colorful socks that make me laugh
7. updating my ideas wall by mixing images and words that weren’t originally together
8. clearing the clutter
9. creating anything with friends
10. speaking in a different language

...I’m headed to her house in a few minutes and I’m really excited. We’re both kinda wacky and creative and just a little bit unstructured, and definitely hampered by alot of the stuff that gets in the way of the creative juices (insecurity, unnecessary comparisons, harsh self-judgment, etc etc …)

So yay! We’re going to rally each other through this, fully aware of how we tend to self-sabotage our own creativity through seemingly innocuous little self-criticisms.

My inner 4-year old is ready to play!