100 Days of Wonder | Week 5
Our prompts for days 29-35, March 22-28. And my thoughts on a practice that nourishes.
It’s week 5 of 100 Days of Wonder. We are reaching the one-month mark.
I thought I might start sharing my responses to one or more of the previous week’s prompts. This question was the one that stood out the most to me personally.
When does practice feel most nourishing?
When I sit with my tea/coffee and my pen and journal in silence. Usually with 1-3 books I am meandering through. I used to love having instrumental music on when I wrote or created. Now it completely shuts me down and sends my brain into a panic. I still have fairly major sensory processing issues from my 2018 brain injury. It has redefined my creative practice, and my world in so many ways. I am forced to prioritize single-minded attention because I no longer have the brain bandwidth to try to convince myself I can multitask. (Which is a myth by the way. No one can multitask. We are all task switching, but that is a post for another day!)
But here’s what I am learning. There are things to push through to regain what was lost. And there are other things that are just different. Maybe one day I’ll slowly train my brain to handle music again. But right now I am ok in silence and the clicking of my keys as I type.
I DO, however, love my clickety lilac keyboard that would have driven me nuts 10 years ago. All that to say… we change. Our rhythms change for many reasons. The things that nourish us are invitations to let our practice hold us right where we are. And keep growing with us.
PS. I still groove to showtunes when I rebound. Currently The Greatest Showman is on repeat. Specifically the chorus of From Now On. If you want to smile, imagine me joy-bouncing on my rebounder on my one leg to that chorus on repeat. (My rebounder has a balance bar, don’t worry.)
The Daily Prompts: March 22-28
From Penelope the Prompt Jar…
DAY 29 | March 22: What identity are you stepping into creatively?
DAY 30 | March 23: What does celebration look like in your creative life?
DAY 31 | March 24: How might a specific constraint might spark your creativity?
DAY 32 | March 25: What playful practice might help you loosen up?
DAY 33 | March 26: What unexpected materials or supplies feel like they are calling your name?
DAY 34 | March 27: When does being seen feel supportive?
DAY 35 | March 28: What unanswered question keeps you creating?
In case you missed it — you are all caught up.
It’s been quiet here because I’ve been working on the parts of my book needed for finishing its proposal. It is deep, sacred, soulful work that takes a level of attention I have not broached in a very long time. I’ll be writing more about that journey here on some of our weekday posts because it is stretching me out in humbling ways I truly did not expect. I don’t want to just write a book, I want to construct a refuge you can inhabit with words to hold onto.
As always, I am so grateful you are here. It is an honor to serve you.
All my love,
