identify 100 little ways to be creatively inspired

31. nap outside
32. watch the clouds form pictures
33. eat completely in the dark
34. drop in for a lecture in a field i know nothing about
35. tab all my favorite passages in as many books on my shelf
36. review those tabs randomly
37. write a song
38. write a song with kids
39. play the drums
40. play the drums along with the radio
41. go for a walk and say the warmest hello to everybody i encounter
42. imagine i have 3 months to live, then decide what i’ll do today
43. surround myself with color
44. surround myself with fresh cut flowers
45. call up old friends and find out what they’re up to
46. write with my other hand
47. give away money to a stranger who didn’t ask for it
48. ask myself in the morning, “what do I want to find out today” and see if i did when i go to bed

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!