Welcome to The Total Artist: An Adventure in Expressive Living!
Tonight is the first new moon since the days began growing longer, and so we begin our year long creative adventure.
Month 1: Writing
This month, we are going to explore the creative discipline of writing.
We’ll be looking at two different approaches - prose and poetry - and thinking about how the qualities of clarity and mystery are expressed within them.
For the next two weeks as the moon waxes, we will focus on the first element in this duality - prose and clarity.
Creative Prompt 1: Prose and Clarity
This creative prompt is designed to carry you through the next two weeks of art and life. I’ll also be sending out some followup inspiration to keep you going, and sharing my own creative work and discoveries!
Your creative task:
Choose a project of writing in prose, and challenge yourself to embody clarity as effectively as possible.
Your life prompt:
How does it feel to move through your life with clarity as your guiding intention?
Not sure what project to choose?
Here’s a few ideas for the creative project if you’re struggling to decide what you want to do:
Short story
Letter to someone important to you
Life mission statement
Personal essay that retells a memory
Project summary for a grant proposal
Don’t forget that the reflective process is as important (in some ways, more important) than what you actually create. So even if it is brief, try to make the time to go into your cocoon/write in your reflective journal. You don’t need to have a plan in advance, just holding the space and witnessing what turns up has a surprising power to unlock new possibilities.
(Top tip: if you’re interested in diving more deeply into the creative possibilities of journalling,
is wonderful!)Let’s get writing!
Thanks again for joining me on this journey - I’m looking forward to a year of wonderful creativity and connection.
If you know someone you think would enjoy The Total Artist, please do forward this prompt to them. Art is always more fun when we are creating together!
For now,
Alli
P.S. Bonus challenge! I made this video while visiting family over the holidays - can you guess where I had to hide away to find somewhere quiet to record? :-)
Access Support: If you have access needs that I’m not currently meeting, please do drop me a line! (The best email is contact@ac-smith.com.) I’d really like to make this project available to anyone who wants to participate.
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