113. Creative Rituals – Naomi Ayala
A pre-writing ritual might be as simple as putting on your lucky tee shirt before you sit at your desk and pick up your journal or turn on the laptop. Or it might be delightfully elaborate.
From putting out our clothes and making our to-do lists the night ahead to planning our next day’s meals, routine gives our lives a sense of order and helps us prepare for the unpredictable. Like a go-to routine, a go-to pre-writing ritual directs us and contextualizes our creative experience: How do we want to feel? How can we set the stage for the art of making?
A pre-writing ritual might be as simple as putting on your lucky tee shirt before you sit at your desk and pick up your journal or turn on the laptop. Or it might be delightfully elaborate. I myself start with sitting meditation then ceremoniously slip on my “Power Necklace”—a leather string with a large, green aventurine pendant that helps me “tune in” to me and the stone’s attributes: stimulating perception and enhancing creativity, helping us see alternatives and possibilities while becoming more decisive.
– Naomi Ayala
