For so many reasons, my creative flow has been SLOW for a long time. I've had ideas but not the physical or mental energy to act on them.

This is a hard place to be! There's a lot that can be said about how painful it is to be a creative person and not have the energy or opportunity to create.

I'm so relieved that lately my creative energy has been coming back to me and I have been SEWING like crazy.

Sewing isn't what I thought I wanted to be doing.

I do like to have some slow projects on the go in winter for when I feel like it, but it's not usually the big focus.

So it's interesting that now all of this creative energy has come back - but it's specifically for sewing.

I made a winter parka (which kept me VERY warm in -30 windchill last week) and puffy vest, then a polar fleece hoodie dress, and today I am finishing a second hoodie and maybe even cutting out a third. You see a theme? I want ALL the cozy winter clothes.

Most years in winter I just add layers and keep wearing what I usually wear but this year I really want something different. And there is SO MUCH ENERGY to make this happen, so I am doing it.

And now, being this version of me who is SO productive, sewing-wise... I just feel different. I am engaging my creativity and letting that flow move faster.

But I had WANTED more creative energy for work related projects. There are so many things I wish I was creating!

But I am remembering how important it is to FOLLOW our creative flow, and not try to CONTROL it.

I mean - direct it, yes. Nurture it, yes. But we can't control it.

By FOLLOWING my creative flow and making all of these cozy clothes... I feel like I am supporting myself in getting to where I want to be, creative flow wise, with my work projects.

Last month I tried to do this new thing and every step was so painful.

At every step I would get SO stuck. Inner obstacles and outer obstacles, just obstacles everywhere I looked. It's like - that project is not ready (or I am not ready for it)! and trying to force it only makes me feel terrible.

And so I abandoned that project because it was just too many hard things.

And in comparison - my sewing is flowing like crazy! I'm even finding pieces of fabric I bought 10+ years ago that are perfect for new patterns I have so I am making even more things than I thought I would.

And maybe this is still just me resisting that other project because of all of the obstacles... but I feel like I am taking a smaller step. Getting back into my creative flow, getting that moving nicely, so I can go back to that project WITH my creative flow intact.

I hope this makes sense to someone besides me, lol. The way we FEEL while in our creative flow is such a personal thing.

 

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