How creativity supports change and growth.

I'm shifting...

Expermienting and changing and moving and shifting and testing and trying. It's like being in a colourful laboratory, with all the ingredients to hand as I play with different recipes until I find my next GOLD.

Sometimes we humans feel adrift, maybe a little lost, even though things seem to moving along as usual, and it's a strange feeling. Knowing that 'something' needs to shift and change.

I've felt like this during May. Couldn't quite put my finger on it because I didn't know 'what' was shifting.

So I immersed myself in two courses. One to help me build my business muscles and one to see if I could breakthrough this feeling of unsettledness.

I had a lot of 'aha' moments and also times when I just couldn't be arsed. I journaled and pondered on the magic of the 'aha' moments and allowed the 'couldn't be arsed' moments to just be, not letting them hang around too long by doing something, anything, creative to see what appeared and if the mood lifted.

I did card pulls, read books and magazines, got back on social media and watched silly videos, did brain dumps, mind maps and meditations. Created spreadsheets and containers for ideas, trying to find a solution to my dilemma.

Then I realised you just have to be patient. Wait for the mist to clear. Know that if I just use my hands and keep creating and writing, pondering and dreaming, something will happen.

It did. Today. The fuzziness in my head settled. I realised that it's just up to me to make sure each step I take is true to me and my dreams. In alignment with how I want to live my life. I want to live a life of colour, fun, magic, awe and wonder. To ponder the mysteries of why we are here.

When we dig into the depths of our soul and follow our dreams there's always a risk that we will fall flat on our faces. I have been very brave in the past and been kicked in the teeth repeatedly. This made me want to hide away and just not bother following my dreams again, keeping myself safe from being hurt yet again. Then I ask myself "Do you REALLY want to reach the end of your life and wish you had been brave just one more time?"

I know how much my own creativity means to me. It's like breathing, it's a non negotiable. The way it can help us all cope with anxieties and fear (of which there is an abundance right now!) is just magical. Picking up some paper and pens, a bit of glue and some paint and contemplating what energies are around us and how we can infuse this into something we make with our hands is just incredible. Add the hidden knowledge of the universe and nature that is all around us and it's a wonderful recipe for living a full creative beautiful life.

Creating with our hands and telling our stories is an ancient practice. It's a part of human existence. It's a part of who we are. Dare to create whatever you want, on your terms. Trust your intuition, it will always guide you in the direction of what you need right now. It could be giant splashes of paint on huge canvases, it could be drawing tiny insects on the back of stamps, it could be playing with paper dolls or making your planner look magical. It could be writing your story like it's a fairytale. Whatever you're drawn to....just do it.

Allow yourself to grow, allow yourself to shift and change, allow yourself to follow your dreams. Don't be scared my friend. Put your big girl pants on and show the world you are going to live the life YOU want. Play with colour, play with magic, be bold be brave and PLAY WITH LIFE!

What dreams will you follow today?

How will you be brave today?

How will you add a little magic to your day?

I'm off to the supermarket, then I'm planting courgettes and green beans. Then I might write on tiny post it notes and scatter my ideas all around the studio!

Much Magical Love

Sara Jane xxx