Time is the Big Gift

How often do you let an entire day go by without immersing yourself in fresh, inspired territories? Ya know, finding a flow- even if in fits and starts! When focusing on creative potential instead of another problem (or problems you don’t even have) a whole new world opens up.

Can we agree that the cultural practice of using free time to ruminate about what’s not working is..not working? There’s always another problem that can steal our focus. In fact, these days sinking all kinds of time into making a problem out of differences of opinions with online strangers has been normalized!

Notice how some people make a living off of pointing out problems and sometimes they even help us solve them. They may be mainstream media, influencers, self-help entrepreneurs, transformational coaches, churches, therapists, insurance brokers, lawyers…

When I was putting a lot of time and money into my own therapy, I didn’t realize how imbalanced my focus had become. When I started to tour and focus just on art and meeting people in different places, I realized I had been overly focused on problems. The more trauma I found the more there was to heal. Energy flows where attention goes.

Ever look at animals and think why don’t I be more like them? They’re not looking for problems and they experience a fair number of simple pleasures. What if instead of focusing so much on problems, sometimes we focused on free time to do nothing… just day dream…let inspiration surface and let the day unfold as a naturally creative act...

Even a creative practice can be about mostly doing nothing. Material comes out of there being space. Regeneration happens from rest. Inspiration can come from nowhere…

Ready to begin? Ok, do nothing. Next, feel the air on your skin or just see what unfolds…