Encouraging Intuitive Art
Intuitive art through conceptual prompts is about self discovery and expansion. The iCreateDaily Art and Creativity Challenges are designed for more than offering art, writing and creative prompts; it’s also about personal development and self discovery through art and reflection.
These creativity challenges serve to invoke your inner philosopher and muse through conceptual quotes in the areas of art, creativity, personal and business development. Conceptual reflections cause us to raise our eyes in thought, which opens the door to ideas waiting to be explored. If the quote doesn’t initially inspire ideas from which to create, we follow that up with several prompts to spark your imagination.
If any given quote and accompanying prompt doesn’t ignite your creative juices, OR, if you already have something you want to work on, then please, prioritize creating what you’re compelled to create first and foremost.
Above all, these challenges are intended to help you develop the habit of creating daily. The specific ideas and prompts always take a back seat to you and your creative flow.
“He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
~Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian Catholic friar, preacher, founder, 1181-1226
Conceptual Prompts
Pondering conceptual prompts connects heart and mind through the chalice of the heart where your inner life is reflected to the surface through your creations.
The river of intuition flows under the bridge between heart and mind. Thinking, feeling and creating brings inner realms to surface as ebullient bubbles rising into the conscious mind, generating greater love, positivity and creativity.
As you walk that bridge and cultivate the habit of daily reflection and creation, you will begin to think more deeply. Pondering in the flow of creating imbues meaning and richness to the moment and becomes that habit for all that you do, adding depth and dimension to life.
Conceptual prompts are meditation in action, fostering reflection, intuition and creativity when engaged consciously with positivity and gratitude.
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder iCreateDaily.com®
Quotes and Prompts
For the iCreateDaily Creativity Challenges, each day’s conceptual quote is followed by the same instructions, but different quote and prompts. Below is an example for context and edification.
To create is to love.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily®
Ready to Create?
If the above quote already sparks ideas in your mind and you’re ready to create, then CREATE FIRST in your preferred medium before reading further. You can always loop back later to read this.
Need ideas..?
To create from your own inner impressions and responses is to invoke more of your own intuition and your creative muse. But if your muse needs a little nudge these ideas may help.
MUSINGS for Sparks… (choose one that resonates)
- What colors come to mind when you think of love?
- When you think of creativity, what emotions do you feel?
- What does that emotion look like?
- How might love look like in the abstract
- What tangible form would you create for love?
Creativity Challenge Participant Creations February 2020
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 1 – Art & Creativity
PROMPT QUOTE:
“Art is a subset of creativity.”
~Chase Jarvis, founder, CreativeLive
Day 1 Prompt Ideas (choose one to create using your chosen medium)
- Art is VAST and yet… just a subset of creativity. Convey vastness or space.
- Depict or simply work in your favorite kind of art or medium.
- Illustrate the role of art and creativity in the world.
- What is creativity? (Illustrate or write about what it is to you).
- To what non-art thing or circumstance have I applied creativity?
- What problem can I improve through creativity?
Joyce E Johnson
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 2 – Art is a Privilege
DAY 2 QUOTE:
“It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.”
~Louise Bourgeois, French-American artist, 1911-1910
Day 2 Prompt Ideas (choose one to create using your chosen medium)
- Express gratitude… what does it look like expressed through art? (You may wish to depict something or someone you’re grateful for, or something that symbolizes that feeling).
- I have the freedom to create. Create something that represents freedom to you.
- Take any negative thoughts or fear around your art and create the opposite. E.g., if fear, create around courage; if doubt, create a symbol of confidence, etc. It may just be a color you associate with those positives. That can become your color to visualize whenever you need more courage.
- “Torment” can arise from empathy and artists are often acutely sensitive. Create an image of a yourself or person or being surrounded by protective bright light, while also sending out love and light to others. When you feel negativity, hold this image in view.
Vickie Light Altheide
“It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.” To go a step or two further, I would say that being an artist is not only a privilege but it is a right. The torment is not believing that you are a creative being. It is the beast that attempts to talk me out of my creativity. My critic has horns. What does yours look like? It is a torment not to express myself. You see, my critic is not as scary after all. How could I ever let it torment me, give it that much power.”
~Vickie Light Altheide
“The torment is not believing that you are a creative being. It is the beast that attempts to talk me out of my creativity.”
~Vickie Light Altheide
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 3 – What is the Point?
DAY 3 QUOTE:
“To be great, art has to point somewhere.”
~Anne Lamott, author, teacher, born-4/10/1954
Day 3 Prompt Ideas (choose one to create using your chosen medium)
- What is the purpose of my art?
- The purpose of this creation is to…?
- What is the purpose of today?
- Word association: Remember also, word association as a component of conceptual prompts. Example: when you hear or read the word:
- “Great”, what’s the first word or thing that comes to mind?
- Or “Somewhere”, what word pops into your head?
Then… create something around that thing, place, etc.
La Nita Glass
“Day 3 yaaay! I have been thinking of my post all day and not dreading it. It was really exciting thinking about it and couldn’t wait to get home and write. I decided my focus through the course of this will be I Am statements. So today my focus was being grateful, tomorrow being joyful. I set my tone for today by thinking on all that I am grateful for. Because of that I didn’t feel heavy today. Today I Am Joyful. On that note I know I will sleep well tonight. Hope you all do the same.“
~La Nita Glass