1604: Find some creative joy
Today's episode is a two-fold permission slip, where I get slightly too excited about a pair of scissors!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. So I thought we'd wrap up this week on the Daily Pep with a bit of creative joy. So I'm currently in Varna in Bulgaria and one of the joys I have is that a friend of many years lives here. Since I've been here, we have taken up collage dates and they have been so fun. She brings with her what I call her magic backpack that has loads of collage supplies divided into backgrounds, text, big images, small images, and during our collage dates, we take over a table in a cafe overlooking the sea. And it is just pure creative joy. Yesterday, during our collage date, I used a different pair of her scissors. And let me tell you, I never knew it was possible to have a favourite pair of scissors in the world, but now I do.
She told me where she got them from a local bookshop. As soon as we finished, I went and got myself a pair. And now I can say I have a favourite pair of scissors, something I had never even thought about before yesterday. All of this is to say our creative joy is really important and it's also really fun. A bit like action begets action and courage begets courage. Creativity begets even more creativity. And even though I started the daily prep saying about how we don't need new notebooks, sometimes we do need a new toy to get ourselves feeling even more inspired to and to find that bit of joy. So you could take today's Daily Pep in many different ways.
You can take it as wholehearted permission to go get yourself some new art stuff. Take it as wholehearted permission to go and make some time for creativity and maybe even organize a creative date with a friend. Seriously, they are so fun. And if things are feeling a bit shit and a bit boring, take it as your reminder that as a multi passionate creative, this is. There are so many joys you have yet to discover and there are so many rabbit holes you are yet to go down. I hope you have a fabulous creative and joyful weekend. I am so looking forward to quality creative time with my new scissors and cutting things out. It makes me so happy and I hope you do something that makes your heart sing too.
Have a good one. And I look forward to being back with you bright and early here on Monday morning. Or if you're part of my email community in your inbox on Sunday. And if you've been meaning to sign up, you can do that right now, really quickly by going to therebelrousers.com/letters. And I'd love to see you there. Take care.
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