Trust the Process

I want to get back to a creative practice, and thought I would kick it off by reading some of the highly regarded books around creativity. Some of the key themes resonated with me, and will shape how I approach establishing a regular practice. The advice I took to heart was to set aside stereo types about what a creative person is and look for ways to find individual self expression across a diverse set of mediums, to forgo conceptual ideas and instead embrace working in the medium as an exploration of emergent ideas or styles, that repetition is okay - good, and vital to exploring, and to not self identify too strongly with any by products of creative exploration. The book offered lots of ideas and exercises along the way, embedded among more of the philosophical advice, of which I did only a few. Overall, I would recommend ‘Trust the Process' as a worthy read for anyone looking to explore creativity with a wider lens.