One of the fastest ways to get reconnected with your inspiration is through the use of the five senses—see, hear, touch, taste, smell. If you are stuck in your creative flow and cannot seem to move forward to start or complete a project, take 10 or 20 minutes out to really pay attention in an eyes-open moving meditation.
Look around you. What do you see. Allow your eyes to focus on an object. Probably, if your eyes stopped there, it arrested your attention. So really look at the object. Look at the outline of its shape. Look at the colors of it. See if you can discern the variety of shapes that makes up a single object. Really examine it. Close your eyes and see if you can describe it in detail. Then open your eyes and try to really see another object.
Now close your eyes and listen. What do you hear? Perhaps you hear the sounds of nature—wind in the trees, birds singing, or cats meowing. Maybe you hear the sounds of mankind—an air conditioner or heater, the hum of lights, the motors of cars as they pass by your location. Pay attention to the quality, quantity and levels of the sounds you hear.
Take a deep breath. Smell the air around you. Are you aware of any scents where you are? Maybe you smell your own soap, lotion or perfume. Maybe you smell the aromas from a previously cooked meal? Maybe there are smells that are less pleasant. Whatever they are, consider allowing yourself to continue to smell the nuances of the scent. Really pay attention to how you would describe it—whether visually or with language. What language descriptors would help you describe what you experience?
Take your hand and allow it to touch your other arm. Feel the temperature of your body, feel what the skin and hair of your arm feel like. Pay attention to the pressure you feel on your fingertips. How would you describe it? Can you paint that feeling?
Eat or drink something. Allow it to sit on your tongue. If it is liquid, swich it around your mouth. What temperature is it? Is it sweet, sour, bitter? If you had to ascribe a color to the taste, what color would you give it? Can you visually describe the taste?
Our senses are powerful. When we pay attention to each or all of the senses, it can expand our creative thinking. If we attempt to use what we experience in a creative way, to describe it or expand upon it, we have a never ending source of creative inspiration.
Look around you. What do you see. Allow your eyes to focus on an object. Probably, if your eyes stopped there, it arrested your attention. So really look at the object. Look at the outline of its shape. Look at the colors of it. See if you can discern the variety of shapes that makes up a single object. Really examine it. Close your eyes and see if you can describe it in detail. Then open your eyes and try to really see another object.
Now close your eyes and listen. What do you hear? Perhaps you hear the sounds of nature—wind in the trees, birds singing, or cats meowing. Maybe you hear the sounds of mankind—an air conditioner or heater, the hum of lights, the motors of cars as they pass by your location. Pay attention to the quality, quantity and levels of the sounds you hear.
Take a deep breath. Smell the air around you. Are you aware of any scents where you are? Maybe you smell your own soap, lotion or perfume. Maybe you smell the aromas from a previously cooked meal? Maybe there are smells that are less pleasant. Whatever they are, consider allowing yourself to continue to smell the nuances of the scent. Really pay attention to how you would describe it—whether visually or with language. What language descriptors would help you describe what you experience?
Take your hand and allow it to touch your other arm. Feel the temperature of your body, feel what the skin and hair of your arm feel like. Pay attention to the pressure you feel on your fingertips. How would you describe it? Can you paint that feeling?
Eat or drink something. Allow it to sit on your tongue. If it is liquid, swich it around your mouth. What temperature is it? Is it sweet, sour, bitter? If you had to ascribe a color to the taste, what color would you give it? Can you visually describe the taste?
Our senses are powerful. When we pay attention to each or all of the senses, it can expand our creative thinking. If we attempt to use what we experience in a creative way, to describe it or expand upon it, we have a never ending source of creative inspiration.
