When I think about what it means to be a creative, an artist, I think of the actual act of sitting down to the canvas or page and creating. But the more I have thought on this, the more I realize, there is SO MUCH MORE than this. It’s a mindset, it’s taking action, yes. But it’s also about looking inside yourself, entering a cocooning phase, and being ok with inaction, too.

I’m Isa Down, and I’m an artist, author, and teacher. Today’s class, Overcome Your Creative Block: 5 Essential Exercises to Get You Unstuck is about overcoming that place of feeling stuck creatively. Today’s lesson is divided into three parts: Outlook, Expansion, and Practice.

Outlook: We will first explore an exercise in Essential 1: Mark Making. Then, in Essential 1, we will explore the question: what is the outlook or mindset that you need to take to enter the space to sit down and create something that is just itching inside of you to get out?

Expansion looks at exploring different ways that you can take a creative approach – that may have nothing to do with your main creative media of choice. Getting outside of your comfort zone to truly understand yourself as a creative. In this section, we have two exercise/creative prompts, and one section where we discussion what it means to expand and stretch those creative muscles.

The final section, Practice, is just that – it’s about the daily rituals you can take to truly evolve into your creative life, and embody that lifestyle at any stage – whether you are in hibernation mode or are creating product every day. We discuss the "Daily 3's" that you can establish for yourself -- and how to integrate the lessons from this class in your everyday creative life.

Some of the exercises we are doing will push you outside of your comfort zone. And I invite you to have fun in the process, and see what you can create. I’m so looking forward to having you in class, and seeing what we can do together to get through those times of creative block – when inaction is all we feel we can do, and when coming at the problem from different perspectives can open a whole new era of creativity in you.

I have also provided a FREE downloadable PDF workbook for you that explores the content of this class in written form -- for those of you who want to take the content from screen to paper.

Let’s get started!

Stephanie Simpson

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