S410 -Day #7

Starter for Ten - April 12th 2023

This morning was a bit of a brain dump on the youtube video below that I’ve been thinking about since I watched it last week. The title had me click instantly, why wouldn’t I want to learn how to stop fighting my mind? What do you do instead?

I had no idea who Michael A Singer was and the video itself is type animated which gets annoying after two minutes but the concepts planted a seed in my brain. It inspired me to try to focus on living each day the best I can and not focus on or desire outcomes. It’s freaking hard but I feel like it is working, I feel calmer and more content. And notice that when I’m not trying to force things that I’m still happy with the way they turn out. What do you think? Do you already think like this?

Thinking about the way I think made me think of bananas, so I grabbed one and did my best to paint it by the ten-minute deadline. I don’t really know what I’m doing with watercolours but did my best. I enjoyed painting and will do some research on how to use them properly.

Starter for Ten (S410) is a daily creative exercise that I will do for the next 30 days. I set a ten-minute timer and write whatever comes into my head. After that I do the same to create a visual. The idea is to loosen up, create daily and get over the idea that everything I make needs to be perfect or have a purpose.

I will document the process here on this site and on my Instagram stories. Photos will be unedited to keep it real. This challenge both terrifies and excites me, let’s see what happens.

Seven days of Starter for Ten a creative exercise

S410 -Day #6