Finding daily white space.
How often do you think that you don’t have time to do something or start a project? If I told you that it really easy would you believe me? The hard part is following it through. Close to 5 years ago I decided that I needed to rebalance the use of my left and right brain. I picked up a sketch book and a pencil, started drawing a few pieces. None being better than the paintings I did on canvas at age 7. (I had the originals so I can prove this:-)).
The big challenge wasn’t my skills, but setting aside time. Then I came across a book by Danny Gregory named The Creative License. It said that if you draw just for five minutes during the commercial breaks, or when waiting for a biz meeting to start, or at the toilet for that matter, you are starting to find room to getting good.
Finding time is a challenge no matter what the purpose of that time might be. Exploring “white spaces” are highly effective. By white spaces I mean time when you are gazing, waiting, being passive. Find portable tools. Give yourself no excuses like Angry Birds or FB update checks. Just train your passion.
As you can see from the photo. An aquarell of a shoe. Still a long way to go, but drawing and painting is steadily becoming a habit. A really good and joyful habit.
Good luck on making good habits.
