Creative cycles

[Susan Hosken]

Dear friend,
I have pronounced cycles of super creative time and then quiet time on a 10 to 21 day cycle. I was interested to know how other peoples cycles are. Do you have creative and quiet times or are you creative all the time. How do you deal with the cycles? How do you cope when you aren't being creative? I find the time when I am quiet and uncreative except for my writing the most challenging. I love being creative. i'd love to read your reactions to this post.
lots of love from susan in australia
PS The photo is one of my first bracelets. I just learnt the other day how to do them

[Jules]

What I don't understand is why I continue to block it- after experiencing the freedom it brought to me.

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

Sort of like me with doing Yoga ... are we punishing ourselves, or what?

[Jules]

Want to put our heads together, and see if we can create a way around our resistance to it?

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

maybe we could do a dare ... I dare you to dance, you dare me to Yoga :)

[Jules]

I am not sure a dare will do it for me...I am to stubborn for that I think. I was thinking maybe there was a way to distract this inner critic long enough to just do it enough for it to become 'normal'. Know what I mean?

[WildCherry]

Dealing with blocks of any kind is not usually a one blast and its gone sort of experience, I've found. Blocks are just what they sound like and they require chipping away at or sometimes squeezing past...Often just admitting we are blocking with something starts us on the process of recovery. What about a soul collage on your blocks with dancing and yoga J&B? You might discover the origins of your blocks and be able to move forward a bit more...

[Jules]

That's an idea I will try- thanks WildCherry

[WildCherry]

Great to hear Fiona! What DVD did you get? I've got a good one...I think its called Belly Dancing Basics but I'll check when I go downstairs. It has about two and a half hours tuition on it...Lets get shimmying!

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

I always thought this would be a great song to belly dance to:

[WildCherry]

Yes, I think it would work...

[Susan Hosken]

Glad you are doing belly dancing WC
Lots of love from Susan in Australia

[WildCherry]

Had another random thought about cycles yesterday...They are not just about creating and not creating but also about what we create and how...e.g. the themes/materials/iconography we use...I find myself cycling back to ideas or themes or materials that I have had in my mind for a long time or explored before and not arrived at satisfaction with....I think Robyn calls them 'Breeder ideas'...things we return to over and over. I feel a sense of homecoming when I come back to an idea I've been toying with for a long time and I suddenly know how to make it work or how to develop it further...I'm in that phase right now :-)