Do you know what emotionally drives you as well as holds you back? Both of these can be used to your creative advantage. We want to inspire creative ideation and passion through acknowledgment of those things, and give you a never-ending bucket of creative sparks. and with that...

Introducing the Creative Compass, which is going to be broken up into multiple parts and completed by working through a series of worksheets together (aka, a workbook - duh)!

Please download the Skillshare Class Packet pdf. My examples for each section live here as well!

The Five Senses of Childhood
First Fires
Your Color Palette
The Needles in Your Haystack
Your Creative Compass

This isn't just a project, it’s a potential lifestyle change. You'll learn that anything creative is the translation of a thought or information to cause a reaction. To do this, we need to find what causes a chain reaction in you, positive, or negative. We need your inner child. The smallest details of you.

You can do this project in the provided workbook, a journal or just use a blank piece of paper. You’ll have a visible compass at the end to fill out yourself for ongoing inspiration, and a bit of journaling done by the time you complete this course! You're always welcome and encouraged to use any mediums of your choice (physical or digital).

You also can participate in the additional exercises I give you which may require more materials, but that’s optional. I do recommend pushing yourself to the visual, optional side, if you can. We’re really wanting to stimulate all of our senses and thoughts. Leaning into each of those senses is a way to make this experience stick, and be a bit more grounded.

The success of this course relies on participation, it’s less about what you’re going to have that’s tangible in the end. The compass happens within you, and how you think and feel, not so much like a step by step guide on a foolproof way to get creative each time.

This process is going to be hard, and fun, so everyone should go at their own pace. Take pauses, take inventory of how you’re feeling. Breathe. This should be like two friends having coffee dates (cool, right?)

A Few Extra Resources:

Free Creative Moodboard/Visual Org. Tool
- Seriously, this keeps my entire life together, 10/10 recommend!
Free Color Palette Generator
Color Finder App
Pantone Color Box (seen in video)
The Designers Dictionary of Color (seen in video)
My Favorite Mental Health Resources

Rose Abundo

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