The Space Deck | Creativity Suit

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creativity

The process and the product of manifesting your ideas in the world.

Icon by Vincent Tanara from The Noun Project.

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Eat Your Art

Make an everyday meal into art work. Don't record it; eat it and savor the experience.
Eat Your Art
Instructions
1. Start with a meal you make regularly and then turn it into something special (e.g. set a pretty table, bring out your special china, add a new ingredient, make it visually attractive, etc.).
2. Invite your friends. Be in the moment. Enjoy!
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Sing Your Day

Turn your day into a musical.
Sing Your Day
Instructions
1. Reflect on your day and identify which musical genre it would be.
2. Turn one or more of the day’s experiences into a performance (song, dance, or both).
Consider

Change the lyrics to a song to reflect your day or invent your own song (i.e. I ran for the B-U-S. I ate a yummy L-U-N-C-H).
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Daily Dance Move

Make an everyday, repetitive dance move into the new dance craze.
Daily Dance Move
Instructions
1. Identify a movement that you do every day.
2. Turn this movement into an awesome dance move (i.e. feed the printer, type your emails, or wash the dishes).
3. Perform it for yourself or in front of others.
Consider

Are there other ways you could make your everyday actions more artful and spirited?
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Save the Date

Set reminders on your calendar/phone to make space for creativity at scheduled or random times.
Save the Date
Instructions
1. Sit down with your calendar. Schedule some intentional "creativity time."
2. Vary the duration (10 seconds to several hours).
3. Work on a creative project during this time. Or try to be creative in whatever you're already doing at that time in your schedule.
4. Honor and prioritize your dates.
Consider
- Scheduling some dates randomly (i.e. September 20th at 2:22pm) and some regularly (i.e. Mondays at 8:00am).
- Include inspirational quotes, affirmations, or goals in these reminders.
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Memory Alchemy

Transform an object of personal significance into a new memory.
Memory Alchemy
Instructions
1. Choose/find an object of personal significance or attachment.
2. Transform it into a new creative expression or language (i.e. write a story, make up a dance, sing a song, or take a photograph).
Consider
- Letting the physical object go (throw it away/recycle/give it away).
- Sharing your creative expression with others.
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Studio To Go

Claim twelve square inches of creative space.
Studio To Go
Instructions
1. Find one square foot of space in your home or office.
2. Mark it as a visible, sacred, creative space.
3. Fill it with inspirational tools and/or objects (i.e. affirmations, pens, paints, photos, guitar pick, seashells, etc.).
4. Use it to think and act creatively.
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Instead of identifying a specific space, create a movable studio in a toolbox or a bag.
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The Twenty Face Challenge

Variation through iteration.
The Twenty Face Challenge
Instructions
1. Draw 20 circles.
2. Draw a different face in each circle.
Variations
- Make 20 faces in the mirror.
- Take 20 different selfies.
- Do it with a friend.
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