![]() ![]() ![]() If I asked you to describe creativity, you might say something about the inspiration, the idea generation, the refining. What rituals do you use on a daily or weekly basis? No. They help us get to the creating part and not get stuck in the why-am-I-doing-this, am-I-any-good, will-I-ever-make-it part. Rituals help remove barriers to the creative process. Similarly, “Beethoven would start each day with the same ritual: a morning walk during which he would scribble into a pocket sketchbook the first rough notes of whatever musical idea inevitably entered his head.” Twyla Tharp writes, “The composer Igor Stravinsky did the same thing every morning when he entered his studio to work: He sat at the piano and played a Bach fugue.” Maybe it's taking a walk midday or setting up a repeatable workflow that you use when preparing to teach. Another ritual might be sitting down to write in a particular place or at a set time each day. Wondering why we chose this path or took this job or signed ourselves up for this creative challenge.Īs a music student, showing up in the practice room every day was (or is) one of those rituals. We've all had those moments, right? Questioning our creativity, our practice, our work. “Turning something into a ritual eliminates the question, Why am I doing this?” Twyla Tharp writes. ![]()
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