If you have creative work in the hopper (or simply an idea!), you’re invited to learn and create alongside us this summer as we explore key concepts and actionable ideas to move creativity forward inspired by Dr. Eric Maisel’s book, “Fearless Creating: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Completing Your Work of Art” (affiliate link).
This is the summer you stop dreaming about creating...and actually create.
Week 1: Saying Yes to the Creative Wish
Every creative journey begins with a whisper.
Not a shout. Not a fully formed plan. Just a quiet nudge inside that says:
“I want to make something.”
This is where “Fearless Creating” begins: Not with action, but with wishing.
This week, we begin not with a brushstroke or a paragraph, but with a question.
One that may be quiet, but carries tremendous power:
What do I wish to create?
We don’t ask this nearly enough.
Life gets loud. Work piles up. Perfectionism creeps in.
And slowly, that soft creative whisper inside us fades.
This week, we make space for it again. We hush the noise. We listen deeply. And we allow ourselves to want.
Not “want” in the marketing sense. Not “What should I do next?”
But the real, soul-level desire to make something that matters to you.
This is the Wishing stage of the creative process. It’s tender, personal, and necessary.
It’s about more than just choosing a creative project.
It’s about giving yourself permission to want. To long. To imagine something new. To say yes.
In this stage, we don’t need to make, build, or perform.
We just need to listen - gently, curiously - to what calls us.
✍️ Reflect:
What do I wish to create?
Write it down. Let it be messy. Let it be bold. Let it be yours.
Allow yourself to write freely without judgment to uncover your deeper creative longings and plant the first seed for your creative project.
You may be surprised by what you hear when you truly ask.
That whisper? That’s the beginning of everything.
Next week:
We’ll explore how to quiet the mind through a practice called hushing, so those wishes can take root.
Until then, create gently and fearlessly.
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