🧬 flow state
Your life is finite, and you should make your art. Things will get in the way and you should still make your art. Return to your art, over and over again. You will find clarity and answers as you feed this vital part of yourself. As you build and maintain a consistent practice, you will find the other parts of living a modern life seem more
... See moreBeth Pickens • Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles
I was trying to get up and go to my desk for my morning writing session and struggling with the idea of it. I realised I was actually just exhausted and needed to nap and doze in bed for a while. It wasn’t the idea of writing that I felt resistance to, it was that I had no energy to get up and do it.
I don’t want to feel like I’m locked in an
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podcasts.apple.comdefined strategy, unlimited tactics - defining a Project destination and then improvising your way there
“Imagination is story, story is plot, plot is plan, imagination is planning. The brain evolved imagination in order to make plans.” Anger and anxiety are threat responses, our brain wants to deal with the threat through planning, we have to use our imagination. Kids don’t have a lot of anxiety or anger because when they have a threat response, they imagine something.”
Hope requires a doable plan - when hope is gone it’s time to imagine some new possibilities.
imagination as a tool - in magick, not is it true but is it useful?
The Phoenix Circle
copy — expand — express
COPY
find a building block of the craft and copy it repeatedly, preferably in the context of a small but finishable larger work. copy until it become automatic
EXPAND
once you master that building block, find out more about it, the history, learn about the technique behind it, optimize.
EXPRESS
express yourself
“Star 7 Cultivate Purpose and Intention
Circumvent fixation on competition by developing goals with meaning and cultivating intrinsic rewards - train the neural pathways that connect basic and complex rewards (camp 1 and camp 2) with the arts.”
— the Pathway to Flow / Julia F. Christensen
“Star 6 ⭐️ Practise Movement and Expression
Snap out of stagnation and conformity; express yourself with the movements of your body for health and well-being - live as your auethentic self within the safe space of the arts and collect intrinsic rewards to generate healthy habit loops.
[…] around 150-180 minutes of aerobic exercise - that means your
... See more“Star 5 ⭐️ Use Your Imagination
Use your imagination to trigger new neural connections, so your creative habit can spill into other areas of your life and thought patterns - the human brain learns best when the learning process is powered by imagination and woven into a story that guides the process.”
— the Pathway to Flow / Julia F. Christensen
“Star 4 ⭐️ Aim for Connectedness and Aesthetic Feelings
Avoid empty thrills by seeking activities that provoke genuine feelings of awe and self-relevance - the arts move you and connect you with your sense of self.”
— the Pathway to Flow / Julia F. Christensen
“Star 3 ⭐️ Create a Community
Combat loneliness, prompting neurobiological mechanisms of bonding and health by sharing your practice with others - the human social brain needs others to stay sane and healthy; the arts are a channel for communication and connection, beyond words.
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Reserve time and space in your creative practice for expression that
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