Bonito Living

It’s been a while since my last blog post and so many things have happened: upheavals, changes, moving. Indeed this weekend assertion of home has been to get the newspaper and read it through, find the scissors and cut away.

This week starts with “an eye for everything” which brings us to slow down abs open our eyes around the nice things about us. Gratitude is a powerful force and when is done with a true heart it can lift our spirit. If you are still on holidays and the weather keeps nice it may be time to go “back to nature”… which is something beyond the physical space, although surrounding ourselves of nature always help… but sometime it’s all about listening to our own nature, our natural rhythms, our inner voices and cycles. We change with the seasons and yet we insist in our routines and schedules, even when we are melting in the heat.

There is something special about summer: it feels like an endless succession of long nights, of swimming in rivers and seas, of ice cream and walks in the fields. We know that it won’t last and there is a need to “feast greedily in the present”.

The bottom half of the hexagram is a bit more subjective, intimate and it echoes that need to be back to nature and protect ourselves. This is very important because we tend to lower our guard, we seem more tolerant to “odd” comments and behaviours, but beware, if it feels odd is probably wrong. Keep safe.

The other interesting line is the “disappointing start” that may looks ominous but bear with me, because any creative endeavour goes through a lot of disappointments. The trick is to keep going and not let the disappointment -which normally is associated to the high expectations we put o to ourselves or our work- to drive you. In fact I would welcome the disappointment as part of the restive process. Because once we start there is not return! And that’s the spirit.

So for this week creative challenge I invite you to welcome disappointment in the creative journey. Look at the work that has disappointed you and try to find something, anything redeeming. Be kind with yourself and try to overcome the ego and pride to I close playfulness and folly in your work. Once we take off the “seriousness” of art or creativity we truly open the gates for exploration and development.

How to do this:

1- start and ugly drawing, a poem or a knitting. Let it go. Be grateful.

2- think about how disappointment shape your work. Does it make you to give up? How you get back to your mojo?

3- talk to yourself as you would be talking to a best friend or a child… muster all the compassion you can give to yourself and start again.

Share your disappointments in social media and how you overcame them