Creating: The medium doesn't matter

It really doesn't take too much material to be creative. Mostly it takes letting go and being in touch with your own inner creator. The person who says "I'm not creative" is uttering blasphemy.

Crafts: make a small investment in a packet of pipe cleaners, clay, crayons, construction paper. Create things. Decorate your desk, computer, office, refrigerator.
Do origami--see the earlier post on Forgiveness rituals for links.

Arts: paint, draw, sculpt

In "Saved from Freezing: Spiritual Practice, Art Practice" Zoketsu Norman Fischer makes the case that art practice can be a saving spiritual practice.

Creating can also be temporal and just of the moment. Creating can be a wonderful communal or community spiritual practice.

Dance: do a hand dance—put on a piece of instrumental music, and just moving your hands, interpret what you think the music means. Watch and focus on your hands. Discover all the ways you can move your hands. Do this with a partner, and have your partner watch and at the end, interpret and describe your dance. Then, both of you do a hand dance and see what is different when you create together.

Music:
Ah: in a group, sing an "ah" together, starting on a unison note and then change notes as you like. Continue breathing and singing. Listen to what is happening, and what happens with harmonies, dissonances, and sound.

Tell Stories: share a story, or make up a story by alternating telling each sentence of the story. This is a wonderfully playful exercise with children. You might start with some traditional story, but in dialog you have the power to create an entirely new story.
With a little more structure, I have used a shared group story telling for planning and visioning, or just getting on the same page at the workplace. Start with “once upon a time,” and continue with either “and then” or “but before that.” Tell the story of what is important, what is your shared vision, what are the dependencies, what is your history. [Adapted from Charles M. Olsen's work, found in Transforming Church Boards into communities of spiritual leaders, p. 64.]

Other creative ventures:
Gardening, Cooking without a recipe ...
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