Embracing Creative Seasons; A Fresh Look at the Creative Process
Growing into an artist is different today than it was just a handful of years ago. Artists no longer just assume the role of lead creative but also might take on copywriting, email design, website design, content creation, shipping, handling, customer inquiries. Over time, and even when you don’t realize it, it’s easy to lose touch with your creativity or forget that creativity has a natural ebb and flows.
What are creative seasons?
The idea of creating in seasons moves away from distractions and provides you the opportunity to create a personal success path based on your needs, wants, and desires. It builds in time for you to nourish yourself and your creative practice, which in turn prepares you for massive creative output.
A creative season is a chunk of time, determined by you, that offers you the chance to lean into your current circumstances, intentions, feelings, and needs. It provides you the opportunity to align with your foundation and build trust in your process.
Like the earth cycles, some seasons are slow, offering dormancy, hibernation, rest, and rejuvenation, while others are full of growth, fruitfulness, and abundance. Your creative practice is craving the same. Working in seasons is giving yourself a longer period of time to experience nurturing, inspiration, creation, and rejuvenation. It provides a place to move your creative practice through a natural cycle, and avoid things like burnout.
Encouraging yourself to turn away from distractions when needed, and center with your creative foundation is one of the best gifts you can provide your process. Creativity is work, it takes practice, discipline, and presence. It’s a constant give and take of exploration. Creating in seasons offers you the ability to both fill and release your creativity without questioning or fear. It provides you with a strong place to work from that is rooted in your true self.
