Personal practice
What You Create
The ideas come. They always have. But somewhere between the spark and the execution, something stalls. You've started calling yourself 'not creative.' That's the first thing to unlearn.
What will you make that doesn't exist yet?
Day 1
“I'm not the creative type”
One of six shifts in the 8-Day Practice
An experiment
The one-minute ink ritual
One pen. One page. One breath. No lifting.
Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. With your non-dominant hand, draw one continuous stroke. Open your eyes. Was it smooth? Wobbly? Bold? Now ask: what does this line say about how I'm showing up today?
Repeat tomorrow. Each line will be different. That's the point. You can't design what's next if you're not deeply present with what's now.
More experiments like this, only available inside the 8-Day Practice
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On the podcast
Ivy Ross
Google's VP of Hardware Design on the neuroscience of creativity and how art activates parts of the brain that logic alone cannot reach.
Two more perspectives
The practice continues.