Embrace Your Creative Potential with Mindful Practices
Updated: Oct 6
Discovering New Modalities for Creative Expression
With elevated senses, we can become more ourselves. We find new ways to engage in our creative practices. Mindfully escaping the rat race allows us to fill our lives with thoughtfulness and awareness. It's not about overshadowing the life we have; it’s about embracing it.
Across time, we often wish for improvement or easier experiences. Yet, we forget the importance of new adventures. Sometimes, we even wish things could stay the same. Is it any wonder we hardly discover our inner, wiser selves?
Doing only what you are capable of each day is sameness. There’s nothing wrong with it. There’s no pressure or permanence expected. It simply lingers on.
Starting anything from a place you’ve never noticed the need to change is as new to most people as beginning a creative habit you've never tried before. There might be something within you calling for a new spark. This could be the indication of what your soul needs.
In this moment, you have the will to be better than any other time in your life because you choose to do something new today!
The Joy of Sketchbooks
New experiences invite fresh perspectives. They offer a chance to reset our routines and create a colorful display of sketchbook joy. A sketchbook is more than just a resting place for our thoughts; it’s a sacred environment that enhances our lives and mood. It replaces lost energy, helping us feel fulfilled and balanced.
By turning to our sketchbooks, we can literally create a life where our minds renew and align. It’s about overflowing with gentle change that reshapes our habits.
It’s not just about creating a space in an upside-down world where you can thrive. It’s about becoming eager and ready for what you cannot sense coming. Don’t be afraid; embrace life with creative enthusiasm!
Exploring New Practices
We can explore various practices or levels of change. While it may feel familiar, we can also take a fresh look at how our senses come to life. This includes spiritual oneness, physical observations, and our soul’s hidden awareness. We don’t need to rely solely on sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste. We can use our elevated senses in small, intentional shifts to help us feel more connected.
In this week's membership contents, I share insights about self-kindness. It’s a way to express your free will and live a happier life, as if happiness is something we ought to have anyway. What are your thoughts? Do you need to find happiness, or are you bringing it into your life automatically through your choices?
Just like the cozy living room corner I’ve shared on social media, or the soft pillows behind my back as I create, there’s a sacred hideaway in my studio. It’s a space where I can draw the door for secluded warmth, soft lighting, and flickering candles made for reflection.
“We can fine-tune our observation to hear the sound of life as we create soothing sketchbook pages to escape from life’s troubles for short moments in time.” – Tanya J. de Wet
Sound shapes many of our emotions. It sets the tone in our environments. Sometimes, the subtle hum of a fridge eases our wandering thoughts, while early morning birds create a powerful awakening from within.
No matter what you prefer to listen to this month, you’ll have time to figure out what you lend your ears to.
Is the sound you hear calming? Does it reduce stress? Is it a rhythmic frequency that improves focus? Or are you surrounding yourself with distractions to avoid listening to your thoughts?
Find the printable pages in the link below as we go through each one over the next few months.
Noticing Your World Through Sound
Here’s what you could do to notice your world, starting with the sounds around you:
Go outside your normal routines to visit another garden. Listen to what nature has to offer.
I often listen to classical music or instrumental renditions of songs we used to love. It’s interesting to see if we feel differently about them without words.
Listen to nature through an open door. Allow your home to experience the absence of silence without too much distraction.
Here’s one you may not have thought of: Use soft textiles in your space to absorb noise. Things like curtains, rugs, soft upholstered furniture, and pillows help reduce echoes and harsh sounds while still allowing you to experience them.
Add a small water feature to a space where you often go for a moment of stillness. Sit there and listen to how it flows.
We love the sound of all kinds of wind chimes. Their gentle tingling sounds echo peace, filling emptiness with chaotic rhythms that all sound like they belong to the moment.
By tuning your environment into a soft soundscape, you invite calmness and harmony into your daily life.
If life has felt overwhelming, perhaps focusing on a small sound can guide you to listen. Hear what a kinder environment has to share. Be mindful not to wait for stillness; create it for yourself. Float into creative play as your attention shifts to another sound or draws you into a special time for selflessness.
Being kind to yourself is happiness, undisturbed by what society deems appropriate or correct. It’s just you taking care of your mind.
If you enjoyed this article, you’ll love our membership. I share new content every week, along with a monthly printable in our mini-membership tier. You’ll gain insights into each month’s theme as you open yourself up to the experiences of noticing life with more than just the five senses. >>> *Take a look at the mini-membership tier
And if you’re new to our mindful creative living, you’re welcome to visit our free Open Studio Sessions.
Much love,
xo Tanya
PS: The printables are part of the mini-membership, and every month’s pages will accumulate while the videos expire at the end of each month. **>>> get the pages here
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