Up: [[Expressive Art]] Created: 2025-06-18 Facing the blank page and just waiting to see what comes can be pretty terrifying. #### Use Constraints - a limited colour palette - limited materials, such as deciding to make a collage using images from a single magazine - limited time #### Prepare to Create - Warm up by moving my body, maybe in dance or yin yoga. Art therapist Shaun McNiff encourages this as a great way to draw on the full spectrum of the body’s expression which is intertwined with our creative expression. - Use meaningful ritual - Fill the creative well through reading, experiences, taking in images and beauty - Quality sleep and nutrition - Pay attention as you move through the world, senses open #### Focus On - Simply exploring the properties of whatever art supplies you’re using - How you want to feel when creating - Whatever keeps popping into your mind; whatever fascinates you - the day’s intention - the emotions that came up through movement or an earlier experience