The Creative Process

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When I first came across Betty Edward's 5-stage Model for the Creative Process, I was intrigued. After doing some digging, I found that it comes from a tweaked 4-Stage Model of Graham Wallass. I've written about it before in the post about drawing tomatoes at the allotment and bring you through my day with a show & tell. 

Knowing how to reframe and aim for creative solutions whenever life throws something that stinks at us is a matter of naming it and asking what else it could be ...

compost for thought - right!

I know!

It's about creative reframing ... seeing if there's another side to something that opens doors, letting more light and fresh air in.

I taught figure drawing for 35 years, and as we all know, when we're just starting, we often learn by making mistakes.

I have fun recounting the many mistakes I've made while learning and how I still make them ... because learning is a lifelong endeavour!

it leaves so much food for thought 

Speaking of food ... let's talk gardening

it's been a huge influence on my creative process

I gathered so much mulch for it at the end of each teaching year as students sorted through old newsprint pads for drawings, selecting portfolio pieces ... They let me keep all their mistakes, the pages they threw out, so I could compost them in my garden. 

Together we celebrated the mistakes.

I wrote this post called Nudes at the Allotment

Tell me that's not a process ... and it's not creative - LOL.

I love sharing ways to use the creative process every day ... in every way.

 

Here's another process I shared in with students ...