CreativeMornings FieldTrip Resources

Thank you for attending the Creative Compost FieldTrip!

Below are additional resources to help you cultivate a practice with your works-in-progress.

🌱 The Creative Drop-In

every other friday MORNING (+more)

Free virtual community workshops for all creative practices.

💝 Fall in Love with Your Creativity

Saturday February 10 - postponed

A workshop to reconnect to our creative passion and sparks.

BooK RECOMMENDATIONS

Here are some books that have helped me along my own creative journey, they come highly recommended!

Writing Down the Bones

Natalie Goldberg

This book is where I first came across the concept of composting as a part of a creative practice. The author has a lot of really valuable insights on the writing life in particular, and she skillfully weaves a personal narrative throughout the chapters.

Favorite takeaway:

• Approaching your body of work as compost (the seeds for this very workshop!

Big Magic

Elizabeth gilbert

This book really changed my relationship with creativity, and does so almost every time I re-read it (going on four times now). She does a great job weaving her personal anecdotes into clear and ‘practical’ takeaways/reframes of common creative challenges.

Favorite takeaways:

• Building a sense of entitlement around your creative practice

• Making time for your practice like you would a passionate new affair

• Letting things go and continuing to create despite failure

The Creative Act

Rick Rubin

It seemed like everyone was reading this in 2023, and for good reason! I use both the audiobook and physical book versions as meditations, opening to a new every few days to see what it holds, more than just reading through it from cover to cover. 

Favorite takeaways:

• Creating conditions for lightning strikes

• Practicing patience with our art

• Cultivating an abundant mindset

How to Not Always Be Working

Marlee Grace

This book is for people who are learning to balance their artistic practice with their incoming-generating work. In particular, practical thoughts on time management. It’s short and sweet – a more essayistic approach, but also contains a few great activities and tools to incorporate into your practices.

Favorite takeaway:

• Crafting your ideal day

Make Your Art No Matter What

Beth Pickens

This book has a lot of practical guidance around making an art practice. I think this is the most applicable to people who are starting to actively think about having their art as a source of income – there’s some good mindset shifts around logistics on that front.

Favorite takeaways:

• Become aware of the narratives around your artistic identity

• Question your assumptions about how much time you truly need to cultivate a practice