Lately I've been feeling a little overwhelmed by all of the blogs I read, IG feeds I follow, and new ideas that keep popping up on Pinterest. I think all of these networks + ideas are amazing in moderation, but when I overdose on other people's ideas it becomes difficult to hear my own thoughts + see my own creative ideas emerging.
Then last week, my friend Kate posted a VLOG about her idea to take a week away from all the visual noise that clouds our own creativity - a creative cleanse. As soon as I saw her post I knew I needed to jump on board and spend the week focusing on my life outside of the computer: my ideas, my projects, my own creativity. Because is it really creativity if I'm just copying someone else? I didn't intend to take a break from blogging, but it happened naturally. These past few days my hours have been filled with things I've been meaning to do. I opened my new sketchbook from Christmas, created a new perfect banana bread recipe using only what I had in my kitchen already, and sat outside on our patio for hours reading about cooking with natural foods + building a kitchen/pantry that supports that lifestyle.
So I'm here to encourage you to try this too. Taking a break from everyone's new ideas + focusing on what you bring to the table is a really neat thing, and I highly recommend you consider a creative cleanse of your own. Any questions? Let me know. I'll probably do another post about this in the coming weeks, because I love it just that much. If you're working on your own projects this week, you should join us on Instagram! Just use the hashtag Kate created, #creativecleanse :)
xoxo, Eliza
5 comments:
I love this idea. I saw Katie's call to do it, but I didn't really like the idea of instagramming my progress? I don't know, it just seemed a little counter-intuitive (or maybe I misunderstood her!). Taking some time to "unplug" from media just to create, though, sounds awesome! (I actually put "media-free weekend" on the bucket list I posted today, so we're thinkin' on the same vein here!)
Glad to hear it was good for you!
i love walking away & just leaving it behind for a bit. do it all the time. just to relax & move on. ( :
YAY! it's so true - feeling like you need to keep up can be so overwhelming for me too. and when I started my cross stitch, I kept thinking "I should be reading blogs! I'm going to be so far behind!" but by the time I had finished, I felt so much calmer. The blogs are still here and I'll catch up, but that time was glorious once I let go :)
holy moly! i think this was on all of our minds this week! i posted about this same kind of "comparing" thing yesterday.
i'm thinking of you and hoping your little creative cleanse goes well! turn off all that 'noise,' focus on you, and come back to inspire us more!
i think i may do this sometime in march. i get WAY overwhelmed by all the info i pour into my head each day, reading blogs, commenting on blogs, reading twitter, looking at instagram... it all feels like a bit much at times.
i think this is a great way to get back to myself - especially coupled with the ink & paper journaling i've been doing recently.
happy weekend!
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