Creativity in the Summer
There’s something about summer that just brings back a sense of creativity and play. The air gets warmer, days get longer and feelings of nostalgia from our childhood can come to mind. As children, the summer not only meant school was out for a couple of months but also more time to play, explore and enjoy our environment. While we may not have the luxury to take two months off of work or responsibilities as an adult, we still have the right to enjoy this season to come back to our creativity and sense of play.
The Season for Play and Creativity
In order to find our sense of creativity we often need to invite in and engage in play. With the longer days of summer, we have more time and space to do just that. Also, we are able to explore our environment and spend more time in enjoyable activities because we have more sunlight.
Nature as inspiration
If we observe nature, summer is the time where plants and flowers are in bloom, grass is green and lush, the sun is shining - all of which we can use as inspiration and insight into our personal experience of summer. Perhaps you use this principles to spend the summer focusing on your personal growth and bloom. Maybe, you use it as inspiration to try new foods or recipes that may be in season for summer. Or maybe you simply set the intention to spend more time in nature observing these changes.
Creative Self-Care
Perhaps you set the intention to connect more with the creative and playful side of summer this season. It can be a beautiful opportunity to try something new, to come back to something old or simply allow yourself the gift of presence and the space to simply be. Rather than focusing on productivity, maybe you allow yourself the opportunity to play.
Summer of Creativity Challenge
This summer, let’s shift the focus to inviting in the theme of creativity. To gift ourselves the space, time and luxury to be present to the season through a sense of play and creativity.
For the months of June and July, I will be sharing daily creative activities I am engaging in this summer to help motivate you to do the same both in blog posts and on my Instagram page. I also invite you to use them as inspiration to come up with your own ideas for ways in which you can be creative.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
Join or start a bookclub
Start your morning with a small doodle or sketch
Try a new recipe with a fruit or vegetable that’s in season
Go to a new beach if you have one nearby
The challenge starts on JUNE 1st! Feel free to share your ideas and tag me and use the hashtag #CreatingWithCaro so I can see them. I also will be hosting events - both in person (in Miami) and virtually for you to join as well! Stay tuned for more details and information both here and on my Instagram. Can’t wait to create with you all!
