Inspiration Tuesday: How To Stay Creative by *Hogret*

I found this "Journal Entry: Fri Jun 1, 2012" posted on Deviant Art by an artist known as *Hogret* or Margaret from South Africa) and her assemblage "Creative Tip No. 13" (below) really spoke to me this morning:

by Hogret Assemblage / shadow box 10 x 18 cm

Old dominoes tin, paper, vintage photos, acrylic glazes, washi tape, washi paper, poured resin base, tiny vintage brass cup, wings milagro, torch lightbulb, mica sheet, filing cabinet hardware, brads. Figure mounted 3D on sewing machine bobbins and a popsicle stick to create the shelf.

There is a lot of inspiration packed into her art and her online Deviant Art journal 

I copied her list of "How To Stay Creative" and highlight the ones I practice regularly in my own daily creative practice:

1. Make lists
2. Carry a notebook everywhere
3. Get away from the computer
4. Quit beating yourself up
5. Take breaks
6. Sing in the shower
7. Drink coffee
8. Know your roots
9. Ask "What if …?"
10. Constantly risk absurdity
11. Listen to new music
12. Rock the boat
13. Surround yourself with creative people
14. Get feedback
15. Collaborate
16. Don't give up
17. Practise, practise, practise
18. Make mistakes on purpose
19. Go somewhere new
20. Watch foreign films
21. Break the rules
22. Start a gratitude list
23. Get lots of rest
24. Take risks
25. Write your own myth
26. Do more of what makes you happy
27. Don't push the river
28. Read a page of the dictionary
29. Stop trying to be someone else's perfect
30. Got an idea? Write it down
31. Clean your workspace
32. Have fun
33. Learn something new
34. Create reckless juxtapositions
35. Make a visual pinboard pinterest.com/
36. Finish something
37. Take a walk
38. Get curious
39. Don't ask – "What's it for?" "Who will like it?" or "Who will buy it?"
40. Be kind to yourself

Which ones do you practice on a daily basis? Is anything missing? Which ones would you add?

Danny Gregory would add "Shut Your Monkey".

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Sound good? Download the FREE podcasts at: Shut Your Monkey on iTunes and have an inspired and creative week!