Creative Places and Blissful Spaces
Where do you find motivation?
How did you come up with that? A question which — if you’ve yet to hear — you inevitably will.
Another equally intriguing question isn’t how you came up with a concept, but where did you come up with it?
The answer to that question likely reflects your place of zen, or as Hollie Petit, Ph.D. recently referred to it, a bliss station.
Whether you’ve created this space in your home, prefer the outdoors, or a neighborhood cafe, your bliss station can be dynamic.
Bliss can be a park bench one day, a coffee shop on another, a room at home the next. You might prefer a walk with ambient sounds, while listening to music, it’s all up to you.
When it comes to creativity, writers, photographers, and videographers are as varied as the content they produce.
Artistic pursuits are — by nature — subjective. There aren’t any hard and fast rules, or rigid laws; all of which imparts a great deal of individuality to this particular project.
My Space (minus Tom… Remember that guy?)
My blissful place, creative space, can best be described as bright, relatively quiet, and overflowing with life. I look out onto a cityscape, from large window, which floods the space with natural light.
For those familiar with my writing, you’ve likely come to appreciate the energy-enhancing ability, as well as the immune-boosting properties of natural light early in the morning.
I prefer to work in an area with as much natural light as possible. This area also lends itself well to standing and pacing on occasion. Moving our body activates our nervous system, stimulating thoughts, and sparking creativity.
Fortunately for me, my workspace happens to be in a vibrant office, in the heart of downtown Detroit.
I have a sit-down desk in one area and a stand-up desk in another. You can easily create a stand-up desk with a small wood bench, or a fabricated contraption that transforms any sit-down desk to a standing one.
Along with natural light, plants are the other necessity. At the risk of sounding metaphysical, surrounding ourselves with life can be inspirational. Pets, plants, and (certain) people.
Personally, I prefer a clutter-free table — laptop, coffee/tea, notebook — in a relatively quiet setting.
You might prefer all sorts of objects to trigger inspiration, photos, clippings, words on a whiteboard. Again, that’s the subjectivity of creative pursuits.
For me, the non-negotiable, absolute must haves for a blissful space are natural light, greens, and just about any writing machine.
Tell me about your creative space; where do you like to write?
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