SUMMER STORMS - LETTING GO
A Tiny Prompt for cultivating curiosity, creativity, wonder and presence.
Welcome to this week’s Tiny Prompt.
Pick up your journal and pen and take 10 minutes to write. Afterwards, pause, and notice how taking this time to create has shifted your mental, emotional, physical or energetic state.
If you’ve already read the introduction below, jump straight to the prompt underneath.
Tiny prompts offer you new ways of noticing and coming into contact with the world through your senses. They guide you to cultivate wonder, curiosity, creativity and presence by becoming more intimate with the natural world and life around you. And when you re-discover the magic in everyday existence, your creativity comes to life.
Twice a month on a Wednesday, I’ll share a tiny prompt to stimulate your senses and spark your creativity awake.
You’ll receive either:
an image
a sound clip
a video
a word
And a tiny prompt to spark your writing/creativity.
Prompts may be offered in the spirit of fun and joy, depth and beauty or pleasure and succulence; they may be soulful, philosophical, serendipitous, sensual or simple and sometimes offer perspectives on the shadow and light aspects of life.
Tiny prompts are taken from my in the world explorations of the things I notice in everyday life, with an emphasis on the natural world, to encourage fresh thought and new perspectives for your creativity.
THE INVITATION
The invitation is to use the prompt to write or create in the form you most love for at least 10 minutes per week. Write a poem, a story, an article, song lyrics or use the prompt for personal journaling. If you’re a multi-media creator, it might inspire a print, a drawing or painting, a dress design or a piece of jewellery - take the prompt and create in whichever way lights you up. (The prompts will mostly be writing/story focused, however, ONE SPARK, can create multiple expressions).
WHY?
It’s not about creating something polished, or even completing anything, but rather staying open to what could emerge. Our senses connect us to the world around us. Our imaginations and creative lives need continued nourishment. Consider the prompts an opportunity to wonder, to explore and gather sparks of stories, thoughts and ideas for your personal library of creativity.
Feel welcome to share how the tiny prompts spark your creativity in the comments section for each one.
Enjoy!