Creative ManiFestival Day 9

We've been talking about this DREAM CREATIVE SPACE of yours for a few days...(remembering, of course, that it serves as an example of just about anything you want to create!)

I've said that creating the image is the hard part, and manifesting it is the easy part.

I still stand behind that, but let me clarify what I mean.
"Creating the image" doesn't just mean to have an idea of the kind of creative space you'd like. It means that you hold the reality of this idea with intense passion, excitement, and joy. It's SO REAL to you, that it feels as if you actually had it!

In fact, you get so much joy out of it being so real to you, it's almost as if you don't even NEED to have it...you're so blissed out on thinking about it!

To hold this kind of emotion related to something you want, you have to be very clear about WHY you want it....and once that sense is very much alive, then figure out ways to integrate that ESSENCE into your daily life.

TODAY'S MANIFESTIVAL

1. Do a super-quick "lightning-round" on WHY you want that "dream studio" that you've created in your mind's eye. Why do you want it? Make your list focus on how you will FEEL.

2. Next, write a short story, in which you are the main character. Write about being in your dream creative space in a very, very specific way, emphasizing the details in the room and how they makes you feel.

Here's an example:

I walk into the room and instantly feels uplifted because of the pale blue walls that mirror the sky outside the picture window that takes up the entire wall. I allows my fingers to run through the premium Windsor sable paint brushes that are meticulously hung on the enchanting antique spice rack, which makes me feel proud and sophisticated. I smile when I see the drafting table in pristine condition, and feel like I am finally a "real artist". The classical music on the state-of-the-art sound system fills me with a sense of true freedom and bliss.

3. When you are finished, go back and rewrite your story, keeping everything as-is, except replacing the details that have to do with your dream room with things that are in your reach in your real life.

In other words, rewrite this story to indicate, in narrative form, how you can infuse the essence of WHY you want your studio in your current life, today.

Give this a try...it can be pretty powerful to figure out "what fills me with a sense of true freedom and bliss..."


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