Creative Minds Create

 It’s the Monthly Blog Hop for the Insecure Writers Support Group founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh. 

The first Wednesday of every month, an optional question is announced that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience, or even a story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post. Remember, the question optional.  

Let’s rock the neurotic writing world!
Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG.

The awesome co-hosts for the  November 6 posting of the IWSG are Diedre Knight, Lisa Buie Collard , Kim Lajevardi, and JQ Rose!

 November 6 question - What creative activity do you engage in when you're not writing?

Remember, the question is optional

What do I do?

I do art...

Painting murals...

Designing artistic landscaping...

And mosaics. 

But not all the time.

Because just like with my writing... 

I create in spurts...

I’ll get an idea from who knows where...

It will get stuck in my brain...

Then my muse goes into action...

For months or sometimes even a year. 

But before I’m ready to start...

And while my idea is percolating ...

I’ll research my brains out...

Looking for new trends to expand my idea...

And check out what's already out there...

Like authors reading other authors' books...

Then voila! 

I can visualize what my art will look like...

But before I say, I’m going to do this...

There’s always a hesitancy:

It’s a stupid idea!

I’ll get lazy and won’t finish it!

It’ll be ugly!

They're the same emotions I go through when I start writing a novel...

INSECURITY!

But the good thing about my art is...

I can do whatever I want...

There’ll be no queries to send out...

There’re no agents I have attract...

And the only one I have to please is me.

What about you?

What creative activity do you do?

 

Always, 

Em-Musing