Scrubbing Your Way into Creativity

  So I was just about to start writing my blog when I had this overwhelming desire to clean my bathroom.  I thought, I just want to do a little cleaning and then I'd get to my blog, a blog I had no topic for.  So I started with the sink, then the counters, and then mirrors, and that was it!  Before I knew it, I was cleaning everything, walls, , floors, doors, makeup brushes.  You name it, I was cleaning it!

Mind you, I had a deadline to post my blog as well as my on going marketing in my business as an actor and energy coach.  Was I procrastinating?

I didn't start out to do deep cleaning, but it overtook me and 2 hours later, low and behold I have a beautiful, clean bathroom.  I had candles I purchased months ago still sitting in the bags on the shelf. They now have a home.

So I wasn't procrastinating after all. Sometimes cleaning can be a form of self love, and a way to release stuck energy....to create a topic for your blog:) Imagine just being joyful in the moment of giving your best to a task such as cleaning your bathroom.

I wonder if one took such diligence, care and joy in other areas of one's life, what the result would be?

Try it sometimes. If anything you'll, have clean space to enjoy.  Creativity is right around the corner.

Being a Starving Artist Does the World No Good

These are my thoughts on why creative, brilliant people stay stuck in the "Starving Artist" paradigm:

• Dreams are easy, materializing and monetizing is work.  Dreams of living as the true artist you are meant to be are often an escape from your reality. If work is needed to realize that dream, it seizes to be a dream.  After all, where would one go to escape?

• Money isn't a motivator.  Inspiration to create is not motivated by money.  Matter of fact, I find that when I think about needing money in exchange for my creative endeavors, I tend to feel stuck!  After all, when is the last time you created something that was full of passion and inspiration solely for the money?

Receiving compensation for your talent, however, is your God given right.  "The "starving artist" thing is true only if you believe it's real for you.  I remember it was real for me.  I believed that I had to take a low paying service job because that was the only way of  "paying your dues" and that was the way it worked.  There I was, a practicing attorney, fearing and dreading that I didn't have the necessary skills to be a waitress or administrative assistant.  I can laugh now, but then, it was real to me.

Here are a couple of suggestions I use, to invite money and creativity to co-exist:

• Keep tract of your creative hours.  I know it seems counter intuitive, but structure is a part of life.  This could be writing a play, rehearsing for an audition or anything that requires your passion and creativity.
• Put a dollar amount on those hours or bill per project, and then invoice your ideal client..No, don't send it just yet. This may sound silly to some, however this is a great way for you to get use to expecting and accepting compensation for your creative endeavors.

Yes you can fill your soul, contribute to the world and be compensated.

Repeat after me "I am a well nourished artist."