Nature connection prompt: Creativity

...because we are nature

I love the bare-faced, audacious ‘look at me’ vibes of this peacock – he is here to slay! But before I share my more serious(!) reflections or Tom’s prompts from the reverse of the card, what does it say to you?

Look at the image and maybe start by writing down everything you notice.

Head out into your nearest green or blue space and if you can’t find a peacock, see if you can spot creativity or play in nature. What does that look like?

How does ‘creativity’ show up in your life?

Do you define yourself as creative, or did that get knocked out of you as a kid?

What does being ‘creative’ mean? How do you feel about people who claim that title? What happens if you ‘suspend judgment’ – positive or negative – as the card invites?

What does the image evoke for you? As I hinted at in my intro, there is an audacity in there for me that I kinda love – do you feel the same way?

How would it feel to show off your peacock feathers and take up the whole frame like this peacock does?

How do you feel about the phrase ‘Play is how life learns’? Or ‘See imagination as a public good’?

What about the invitation to ‘Fail better and love mistakes’?

Do you think there is such a thing as ‘the right mistake’? Why/why not?

Don’t be tempted to scroll down until you have captured at least some of your own ideas and reflections….

Have you done that? Could you spend a little more time journalling about what came up for you?

Okay – ready?

What comes up for me

As I hinted, I love, love, love the way this peacock takes up space – he’s got his tail feathers out and he is revelling in his own beauty.

If you have been socialised as female, you’re part of the queer community, you’re the eldest child, you’ve got a spicy brain, you’re the child or grandchild of immigrants, you move through the world in a body that doesn’t meet societal norms or beauty standards, and, and, and… taking up this much space might feel positively dangerous.

For my whole life, I have been told I’m too much and simultaneously made to feel not enough – and it’s a fucking tightrope, I can tell you.