Untethered Mind, Friday short, 2-min read. — In my early twenties, some of the most fun I had was creating illustrations for a design stock website, iStockphoto. I saw that I could make side money by creating and uploading hundreds of illustrations that designers could use worldwide.
Totally agree - I've started doing watercolours at the wkd, away from writing songs or practising piano, or soon out in the garden digging! it's good to diversify with creativity
Honestly, getting out and doing my art has been wonderful for me. I wasn't doing it with my own deadlines, so I applied to art markets to start selling. My main goal isn't selling, but the markets gives me the right pressure to keep making art. I've also found a wonderful community of artists along the way. It's greatly enhanced my pleasures in life as well as given me a community outside of work.
Endorse that practice. Each individual's life should have space to indulge in activities which one enjoys doing, simply for the pleasure arising from it - no pressures about output or time scales.
So true! After years - ok decade plus - of being nudged by my dad to do this, I launched a new writing project on Instagram day before yesterday called “3-thirds” which is centered around celebrating an individual’s sense of a fuller life. As opposed to the societal configurations of one built on outcomes, this version is about adjusting around individual priorities and preferences in different phases of life. I figured the spring equinox was a good time to begin. I’ve committed to 202 daily posts to start off with. After the very first day, I felt exhilarated - the work frustrations around writing (which is my creative house) were just not getting to me. Because I had put something out there. I’m two days in and even got to learn something new through one of the comments that feeds into my very delayed book manuscript. Also, I feel greater patience already with my loved ones - the frustrations I’d bring into my personal life after work are now curiosities about life. Earlier I couldn’t have agreed more with you on this; since starting this project I could not be feeling the resonance more. To side projects that nurture us and our creativity and enrich our lives!
Totally agree - I've started doing watercolours at the wkd, away from writing songs or practising piano, or soon out in the garden digging! it's good to diversify with creativity
Honestly, getting out and doing my art has been wonderful for me. I wasn't doing it with my own deadlines, so I applied to art markets to start selling. My main goal isn't selling, but the markets gives me the right pressure to keep making art. I've also found a wonderful community of artists along the way. It's greatly enhanced my pleasures in life as well as given me a community outside of work.
Endorse that practice. Each individual's life should have space to indulge in activities which one enjoys doing, simply for the pleasure arising from it - no pressures about output or time scales.
So true! After years - ok decade plus - of being nudged by my dad to do this, I launched a new writing project on Instagram day before yesterday called “3-thirds” which is centered around celebrating an individual’s sense of a fuller life. As opposed to the societal configurations of one built on outcomes, this version is about adjusting around individual priorities and preferences in different phases of life. I figured the spring equinox was a good time to begin. I’ve committed to 202 daily posts to start off with. After the very first day, I felt exhilarated - the work frustrations around writing (which is my creative house) were just not getting to me. Because I had put something out there. I’m two days in and even got to learn something new through one of the comments that feeds into my very delayed book manuscript. Also, I feel greater patience already with my loved ones - the frustrations I’d bring into my personal life after work are now curiosities about life. Earlier I couldn’t have agreed more with you on this; since starting this project I could not be feeling the resonance more. To side projects that nurture us and our creativity and enrich our lives!