Keeping your creativity alive has always been a challenge, but in the era of work from home, where the lines between work life and home life have blurred and where burnout and social disconnection are rising, creativity is at risk. We’ve asked some of the most creative folks we know for advice on how to keep one’s creativity alive.
Kenny & Stephanie Gibson
At Food Take 2, creativity is at the heart of everything we do. We challenge ourselves each week by making at least two dishes we’ve never tried before, constantly exploring new flavors, ingredients, and techniques. Our love of food fuels that curiosity—every recipe becomes a chance to experiment, reinvent, and keep our cooking fresh and exciting. Read More>>
Kelsey Riggsbee
Being around kids keeps my creativity alive. They can turn a cardboard box into a spaceship or a fridge full of rainbow cake ingredients, and that kind of imagination is contagious. Read More>>
Queen UGenius
I keep my creativity alive, by keeping my eyes and heart open. Art is all around us! From the graffiti on the stop signs, to the way someone ties their shoe laces. It’s simply a ‘stop and smell the roses’ method that keeps me inspired. Music/ Movies/ Videos/ Live entertainment- it ALL plays a role within myself and how I utilize tools to show up. Read More>>
Hannah Leikin
Keeping my creativity alive is something I’ve struggled with in the past and as a result had to find a system that nurtures it continuously, even if it’s just a little bit at a time. In all honesty, my creativity is sustained by inspiration, dedication, and tedium. Like most kids, my imagination flowed in abundance. Read More>>
Kimberly Weaver
I think important parts of keeping creativity alive are exploring, experimenting, and prioritizing rest when needed. For me, exploring is going to craft fairs, scrolling on Pinterest, going to my favorite crystal/bead stores, and walking on the beach to find inspiration. I also like to look back at my old work. Read More>>
Sophia Phillips
Creativity comes to me in waves. As a small business owner, with so many tasks competing for attention, it can be easy to slip into execution mode and forget to pause for inspiration. I’ve learned that slowing down is essential and is what re-energizes me and opens the door to new ideas. Read More>>
Sunny Dublick
I paint! I’ve loved to draw since I was little.. it used to be Sailor Moon doodles in the margins of my notebooks. From there it evolved into other subjects portraits, landscapes etc. I have kept a sketchbook with me since High School, but had never really been super consistent about it. Read More>>
Abi King
I keep my creativity alive by living life intentionally and by doing the things that bring me joy and energy. Whether I am playing soccer, swimming, hula hooping, or spending time outside, my playful lifestyle fuels my creativity. These moments bring me peace which translates into creative energy. Another key part of this is self care and rest. Read More>>
Preesha Parihar
For me, observation is key. Over the months I’ve spent working at mercuri.world, there have been times where I’ve experienced creative blocks that would span from a few hours, to even days on end. In moments where I lacked inspiration to derive my ideas from, I would try to experience something new. Read More>>
Zongheng Sun
One of the ways I’ve learned to keep my creativity alive is through the book projects I’ve been building—like the Design × series. At first, I thought of them as just publications, but they’ve become a practice of capturing inspiration in real time. Read More>>
Victor Selin
How I keep my creativity alive? I follow 3C: Constraint, Curiosity, Community Constraint: I move one step at a time toward a larger goal. If I want to scale up, I first secure a substrate in the big size. Then I test adhesives, drying windows, and burnish on small swatches before I commit. Read More>>
Armando Osegueda
Oh man that is a good one. I wasn’t super creative growing up, so that was never really instilled in me. It wasn’t really within the last 5-7 years that i had taken a more artistic or creative interest. When it comes to my photography, I tend to get really inspired by other photographers I know. Read More>>
Julian Hubbard
I think the idea of keeping your creativity ‘alive’ is actually a much more serious thing than we give it credit for. Read More>>
Chamie Townsend, CFP®, AAMS™, CRPC™
As an only child, I was a mix of stubborn will-power and non-stop curiosity which I believe is the great foundation for the start of a live of creativity. Add in a set of parents who instilled life-long learning, critical thinking, and pursing areas that cultivate my God-given talents, this child grows confidently into natural creative adult from engineering concepts to poetry and photography. Read More>>
Lauren Scott
Inspiration weaves its way onto paper from my love of family, spending time in the great outdoors, camping and backpacking trips, respect for redwoods, and finding joy in simple things. Life consists of many nuances, providing an abundance of writing motivation for my muse. Read More>>
Echo Xu
As an artist, I count on creativity, but I don’t wait for it to appear out of nowhere. For me, art making is often irregular: it can feel like three days of sunshine followed by a month of winter. A lot of time is spent pondering, deciding, and reworking. To keep my practice sustainable, I create a framework for my life. Read More>>
Amelia Crase
For me, keeping the creative fire going can be incredibly difficult. I officially title myself as an Illustrator, but sometimes I want to do so many different things in my field that I get overwhelmed and try nothing at all. Or, I’m bummed if a piece doesn’t turn out how I hoped it would. Read More>>
Israel Melendez
Mental equilibrium and meditating, observing anything and everything worth pouring energy into. Anchoring myself in the present moment always displays life itself as the most beautiful project I’ll ever get to immerse myself in. Capturing these memories and solidifying them in the ways that I do allows me to relive them the same way it felt (as close as possible, of course). Read More>>
Kendall Swenson
I keep my creativity alive by spending time in nature and going to art museums or taking in other forms of inspiration that are ajacent to what I do. Read More>>
Weiyuan Wang
I have a small habit since I was a child, I like to read every billboard text on the street. Its not just only the text, it also have many essence inside one billboard. Like the fonts, the color, composition, store owner taste, what kind of costumer orientated… etc. Sooner or later, it build up a pair of sensitive, observation eyes for me. Read More>>
