Posts Tagged ‘Daily Creativity Prompts’
2022 Words for Creating and Being: January
New year, new prompts!
Last year I put together monthly lists of creativity prompts. They were mostly intended as drawing prompts but they worked as writing prompts too.
I wanted to continue this year but felt that drawing prompts could often be a little prescriptive. Creative plays a role in my daily life, but I am personally not someone who does well with strict daily routines. I wanted some kind of prompt that felt a little more open to interpretation.
Enter the 2022 Words for Creating and Being.
Creativity isn’t passive—creativity requires action. Most of all, creativity requires curiosity and contemplation.
Modern society doesn’t always provide a lot of space for that, and if we are seeking to be more creative this is an excellent place to start. To kick off the year, I read Pico Iyer’s The Art of Stillness and this stood out:
“It’s easy to feel as if we’re standing two inches away from a huge canvas that’s noisy and crowded and changing with every microsecond. It’s only by stepping farther back and standing still that we begin to see what that canvas (which is our life) really means, and to take in the larger picture.”
So these monthly lists of words will be a space for doing that. Use them as a springboard for writing, for drawing, or just for thinking. Take the word to paper with a pencil. Take the word with you on a walk and ponder. Share the word and see what conversation it sparks. These words are intended to create space for contemplation, they are an ask for you to invest time in the creative process in all of its forms.
I didn’t launch this list on January 1st. There’s so much pressure on the first day of the year to start something new. I think we need a pause before we begin, a little extra breathing room. So that’s what … is for.
//
1. …
2. presence
3. exist
4. quiet
5. solitude
6. exchange
7. rejuvenate
8. dull
9. absorb
10. wind
11. howl
12. extend
13. breathe
14. befriend
15. capture
16. collaborate
17. dark
18. cultivate
19. hope
20. plan
21. consider
22. reflection
23. unearth
24. deepen
25. marinate
26. beam
27. ignite
28. expression
29. renew
30. arrive
31. create
We spend our lives surrounded (and sometimes inundated) by words. We read books, we have conversations, we write emails, we scan headlines. But how often do we really spend time contemplating them? Time holding a word, turning it on its head, considering it means and what we want it to mean?
I can’t wait to see what spending stillness with some words will lead to.
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
As always, these monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon.
Daily Creativity Prompts: December 2021
New month, new prompts!
The last month of the year, the entry point to the darker season. The welcome of solstice, the celebration of festivities. It’s can also be a bit of a hectic/frantic season if you do any kind of elf business, so I am taking some time every morning like I did last year to look at my Advent calendar, drink a cup of coffee, and do a drawing.
This also marks an entire year of me making monthly lists of daily #creativefuelprompts. I haven’t done them all (except for the monthly mugs!), but making them has been a reminder to constantly invest in creativity, no matter what the investment is. Thank you to all of you who have done some of them, many of them, or all of them if you’re my friend Margret (seriously she did an entire year’s worth).
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
Want some more ways to slow down and enjoy this season? I’ve got my annual digital Advent calendar running this month as well which you can still sign up for. As always, these monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon.
Daily Creativity Prompts: November 2021
New month, new prompts!
The first time I made a list of monthly prompts was last November. So this marks a year of making them. Not necessarily a year of doing them every day, but I definitely have a lovely collection of all the monthly mugs in my sketchbook.
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
These monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon. Maybe you want to consider joining?
Daily Creativity Prompts: October 2021
New month, new prompts!
October is Inktober, so there are a lot of people doing daily drawings this month. Maybe it’s time for you to join in too?
And yes, #2 is definitely a McSweeney’s reference.
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
These monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon. Maybe you want to consider joining?
Daily Creativity Prompts: September 2021
While I am not quite ready for fall yet, I made September prompts that will hopefully gently ease us into the season.
Drawing, writing, daily, daily-ish… whatever works for you on these.
Take some time every day to sit down and draw the prompt. Don’t love drawing? Use them as writing prompts instead. Or do something entirely different: blind contour drawings perhaps?
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
These monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon. Maybe you want to consider joining?
Daily Creativity Prompts: August 2021
You know the drill: draw, write, scribble, etc. Do them daily or just drop in here and there.
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
These monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon. Maybe you want to consider joining?
Daily Creativity Prompts: June 2021
You know the drill: draw, write, scribble, etc. Do them daily or just drop in here and there.
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
These monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon. Maybe you want to consider joining?
Daily Creativity Prompts: May 2021
A new month, a new list of creativity prompts.
These can be used for drawing, painting, writing, scribbling… whatever works for your own creative practice. Do them daily, do them daily-ish, or dip in every now and then.
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
These monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon. Maybe you want to consider joining?
Daily Creativity Prompts: April 2021
A new month, a new list of creativity prompts.
These can be used for drawing, painting, writing, scribbling… whatever works for your own creative practice. Do them daily, do them daily-ish, or dip in every now and then.
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
These monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon. Maybe you want to consider joining?
Daily Creativity Prompts: March 2021
Here is a new set of daily creativity prompts for the month of March.
Use these as drawing or writing prompts, whatever works for your own creative practice.
I’m still about a week behind on my own February drawings, so please know that skipping some days or playing catch up every once in awhile is very normal. Mostly this is just to give you a little guidance and encouragement for taking the time to sit down for a regular (or semi-regular) creative practice. Show up, allow yourself to play, see what happens.
You can find previous monthly lists of prompts here.
These monthly prompts and a lot of my other work are made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon. Maybe you want to consider joining?
anna brones 