Releasing your creativity

Inspired by your surroundings in Marrakech

Creativity is only available to the artists among us, right? Wrong. I've always had the desire to feel creative, however believing I am is another thing. What is being creative anyway? Who actually defines it? How do I express it in my home anyway? Do you ever feel like that?


I've this thing, you know the PERFECTIONIST thing. The thing that stops you in your tracks from putting out what you've been #freewriting in your journal about, what you doodle about, what you put in your Asana scheduling tool or Apple Notes/Reminder, TASKS app or for most of us creatives, PINTEREST.
PERFECTIONISM slows me down a whole lot! Do you find that too?


First things first. Believing energetically that you are creative was pivotal for me.
Believing this to be true doesn't change over night. It took me a while to actually believe or say out loud that I'm a creative. Even having qualified in fashion over 30 years ago and Interior Design just over 6 or is it 7 now?..Anyway the point is, what qualifies you as being creative never actually is. I've learnt it really is in all of us. Yes, yes I hear you say, but how do you find it?


We all have our own routes to embodying it, but here's mine. I hope it helps you when it comes to finding what your inner creative is saying to you.

Creating physical Moodboards

I created mood boards. Physical ones. Making it a sensory experience really allowed me to see and feel and even hear and smell the textures, places, shapes that really resonated with me.
The process in itself allowed me to feel creative. Touching paper, fabrics, physical objects, cutting, sticking , peeling and displaying allowed me to visually express what I'd been storing in my head or in my computer!


You can really see what appeals to you and create your own style not only for your home but through what you wear and where you inspire to visit or do.


Questions to ask yourself?


What lights me up? 
Why do you like what you have chosen?
What is it in particular that appeals to you? Is it the shape, colour or texture? Does it remind you of anything?


This process helps awaken your creativity and set you on the path to finding your own inner creativity. Very exciting isn't it?

Displaying samples on table to create a tactile Moodboard