#creative flow

[glowettee]

✧・゜: how i'm learning to trust my creative intuition :・゜✧:・゜✧

hey lovelies! ✨

i've been thinking a lot about creative intuition lately, that quiet inner voice that nudges you toward certain ideas or projects. for the longest time, i was absolutely terrible at listening to it. i'd get these little sparks of inspiration and immediately talk myself out of them. "that's been done before" or "you don't have the skills for that" or my personal favorite: "who do you think you are?"

sound familiar? thought so.

the thing is, i've slowly been learning that my intuition actually knows what it's talking about. those random ideas that pop into my head at 2am or while i'm in the shower? they're not random at all, they're my creative compass trying to guide me toward what truly lights me up.

⋆.ೃ࿔:･ recognizing intuition vs. fear ･:࿔ೃ.⋆

the first big challenge was learning to tell the difference between my intuition and my fear. they can sound weirdly similar sometimes!

my intuition tends to feel like excitement mixed with certainty, like "yes! this!" even when it makes no logical sense. it feels light and expansive, like opening a window in a stuffy room.

fear, on the other hand, feels heavy and contracted. it comes with a lot of "shoulds" and worrying about what other people will think. it's the voice that compares my chapter 1 to someone else's chapter 20.

i started keeping track of when these different voices would speak up, and slowly got better at recognizing which was which.

⋆.ೃ࿔:･ creating space to listen ･:࿔ೃ.⋆

intuition doesn't shout. it whispers. and in our noisy, constantly-connected world, those whispers can get completely drowned out.

i realized i needed to create actual space to hear myself think. for me, that looks like:

morning pages: three pages of stream-of-consciousness writing before looking at my phone

solo walks without podcasts or music (just me and my thoughts)

intentional boredom: staring out windows, lying on the floor, letting my mind wander

reducing input before trying to create output (no scrolling before creative sessions)

it's amazing what starts to bubble up when you're not constantly drowning it out with other people's voices and ideas.

⋆.ೃ࿔:･ the "stupid idea" notebook ･:࿔ೃ.⋆

one of the most helpful tools has been my "stupid idea" notebook, a judgment-free zone where i write down every creative impulse, no matter how ridiculous it seems.

the name is intentionally silly to remind myself not to take it all so seriously. some ideas truly are stupid, and that's perfectly fine! but some turn out to be the beginnings of something meaningful.

the rule is simple: write it all down, evaluate later. this creates a safe space for intuition to speak without immediately being shut down by my inner critic.

⋆.ೃ࿔:･ small intuition experiments ･:࿔ೃ.⋆

trusting your intuition is like building a muscle, you start small and work your way up.

i began with low-stakes creative decisions: which color to use in a drawing, which topic to write about in my journal, which route to take on my walk. when something felt intuitively "right," i'd go with it, even if i couldn't explain why.

gradually, i started trusting my intuition with bigger choices: which project to pursue, which opportunities to say yes to, which creative direction to explore.

with each small win, my confidence in my inner guidance grew stronger.

⋆.ೃ࿔:･ embracing the "wrong" turns ･:࿔ೃ.⋆

here's the thing about intuition: sometimes it leads you down paths that seem to go nowhere. i've followed creative impulses that resulted in projects i never finished or ideas that didn't work out.

but i'm learning that these aren't failures, they're necessary detours. every "wrong" turn teaches me something i needed to learn or leads me to connections i wouldn't have made otherwise.

intuition isn't finding the most direct path; it's finding YOUR path, with all its twists and surprises.

⋆.ೃ࿔:･ letting go of external validation ･:࿔ೃ.⋆

perhaps the hardest part of trusting my creative intuition has been detaching from external validation. when you follow your intuition, you might create things that don't immediately resonate with others or fit neatly into what's trending.

i'm still working on this one, honestly. but i've noticed that my most intuitive creations... the ones that felt most aligned with my inner voice, are ultimately the ones people connect with most deeply, even if the audience is smaller.

⋆.ೃ࿔:･ a gentle practice ･:࿔ೃ.⋆

trusting your creative intuition isn't a destination, it's an ongoing practice. some days i'm better at it than others. sometimes fear still wins. but each time i choose to listen to that quiet inner knowing, it gets a little louder, a little clearer.

if you're struggling to trust your own creative voice, start small. create tiny spaces of silence. write down the whispers. follow the sparks of excitement. and be patient with yourself when you forget.

xoxo, mindy 🤍

[neurospicyu]

Neurodivergent creators, this one’s for you! Your emotional intensity isn’t a flaw—it’s a creative force waiting to be unleashed. Learn how to embrace your unique energy and turn emotional highs and lows into something beautiful. From writing to art, find your perfect outlet for self-expression.

[baldgoddese]

the trees are dancing to the rhythm of the wind

they never question the intent

they just embrace and narrate in their way

even the branch with no leaves is no exception

simply pure narration

be my wind

will you?

📖: the rise of the goddess/lò.de/ to the Yoni

~ese~

Sound

[theearthforce]

It is interesting that in this physical world, where so many things have solid forms, the highest creations often emerge when crafters, artists, and performers lose themselves in the creative process and dissolve into the creative flow.

[thepraisedomain]

☕️ Nothing like starting the day with a warm cup of coffee, a flaky danish (or a classic doughnut!), and a side of savory sausage. Wrapped in my favorite shawl, I’m soaking up the sunrise with my laptop💻, a little free time, and feeling ready to create. 👀Just me, my thoughts, and a peaceful ☮️ start to the day. How do you like to begin your mornings? #MorningRituals #CoffeeLove #SunriseSerenity #CreativeFlow #SaraPraise

[sketchypenface]

Some more random marker pen-drawn patterns for me to colour in later!

[brettesims]

Sometimes…

Sometimes I don’t know what I am feeling. Often, I just become so internal that I bury things into deep crevasses. Crevasses so deep that I’m not even sure what’s bothering me; as an artist. As a human.

So I sit with it. I require a lot of space. In that space I try not to think, but rather be. When I can just BE; utilizing rest as productivity - the answers come to me. Sometimes even in dreams they astrally whisper to me.

What does it all mean? Now I know, then I flow; using artistry as an expression tool. Because in art… if there’s any rule, it’s that if we don’t express, there becomes less…

Less motivation, less initiation, less inspiration. Internalized occupation. In the soul, we grow. Through expression we come to know. A space where the wildflowers bloom. Sometimes through the work; the solution in turn finds us. Perhaps that’s why the only way out is through.

Sometimes I’m not as strong as I seem. Sometimes I overextend and then deplete. Sometimes my emotions get the best of me; like a wave… and it’s hard to escape the riptide.

Sometimes I get scared and never express it to a single living soul, because most of the time, there has only ever been me. Sometimes I think vulnerability is seen as a weakness - not because I believe that, but because it was viewed as such, while I was growing up.

But as I’ve grown, I’ve slowly become more comfortable with my emotions, realizing that perhaps not burying everything inside and sharing them with someone I love is actually also a form of self love. When I let emotions pass like a wave; I don’t cave.

So… sometimes after I’ve waded in the depth of my emotional waters… I come up for air again. Honoring my resiliency. Honoring my ability to better manage my emotions.

Thankful for the power of expression that’s grown within me. Sometimes…

~ B

[journey-to-balance]

Imagination is the fuel of creativity, our brains ability to form concepts and ideas and images and sensations internally, regardless of what's happening externally.

Imagination is like a canvas for testing out ideas, and its power is largely attributable to our complex language system. Our language has something called analogies and metaphors. They enable us to perceive beyond our immediate physical space. And this givers our brain an extremely unique characteristic. It makes our imagination potentially infinite. We can imagine scenarios that have no counterpart in reality, we can create stories of past events or events that have never happened and our brain immerses into that area. We see images and sensations as if it were real. And we can use this unique feature of the brain to expand the canvas itself.

[idontknowknit]

Unlocking Creative Flow: How the Brain Enters the Zone

[nicholasandriani]

The truth behind stories, heroines journey, and the war of art: a 1-month plan to pursuing the Artists Journey

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they ” tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell usthat dragons can be beaten. — Neil Gaiman, Coraline In the vast landscape of storytelling, there exists a journey that has captured the imagination of humanity for centuries — the Hero’s Journey. It’s a timeless narrative structure, beautifully explored by Joseph Campbell, that takes our…

[azenta]

Tear me down, shed the old so I become anew.

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*Note: I do not own and do not pretend ownership on any of those pictures. Only the collage was made by me.

[shinekocreator]

The unthinkable happened: I'm having a creative flow. No writing block.

[aprileclipsestudios]

Too Many Story Ideas

So, I know I need to post on here more, but I need to talk about some stuff. 

What do you do when you have too many story ideas in your brain, but can't keep one long term? Because I started writing my Bianca di Angelo Lives AU again, but I’m also working on a screenplay and now another story idea is developing for a book trilogy.

My current plan is to just work on the fanfic on the side when I have time with my main project being the screenplay because that has the end goal of being a film by 2025 for school. But this book trilogy I know I can’t start writing it because it will just take over, but I want to at least outline it and develop the characters.

And on top of that there’s a one-shot I want to write in The Dragon Prince because I can’t get the idea out of my head and I want to write it, but it’s a one-shot so there's not the worry of not finishing it. 

It’s like I always have a story to tell, but I just keep getting new ideas that I want to work on. Should I just write all the ideas down as ideas in some notebooks to look at another time when I get more ideas for stories? Because maybe I’ll want to write them later in life when I’m not working on something else. 

This isn’t something that is only happening now, it’s been happening for years. I have stories I started writing in notebooks but abandoned because I wasn’t interested anymore. I just want a way to work with the creative flow and actually finish stuff before starting other projects.

Does anyone have any advice?

[baldgoddese]

i’m open to a love that shakes me

love that shows me perspectives i never thought existed love that makes me reflect on words that i read in a book years ago

love that completes my relationship with a phrase i never understood

i give myself the permission to experience the deepness of each feeling without shame

life marking herself like a flame

📖: the rise of the goddess/lò.de/ to the Yoni

~ese~

🌊 sound

[baldgoddese]

Facets of love

It’s either you know self love

so you are naturally forced to move away from love that wouldn’t serve you

and that can hurt

Or

you lack self love

and push away love that would serve you

That too will hurt

- letter to the bold

~ese~

Christina Lindberg, 1970