Cat Bennett

What does it mean to be creative? And why do so many of us feel blocked in some way or other?

To be creative is to make something new or to make new connections between ideas that already exist.

we’re inventing our very lives all the time through our intentions and actions.

We’ve stopped envisioning expansive possibility and started settling for half-measures.

In the same way, many of us feel we can’t draw even though as children we did. We feel the simple, basic, even inherent quality of making marks on a surface is beyond us.

There are many ways to draw as we’ll see—making marks, drawing from life and drawing from imagination. It’s a myth that special talent is needed.

We often think the purpose of drawing is to produce an image or likeness but it holds the potential to do much more.

The simple act of drawing can deepen our sense of presence and open the gates to creativity. This is a new kind of drawing, not the kind we learned in school!

By its very nature, drawing takes us out of our worrying minds and into the wide open space of peace and possibility where inspiration comes to meet us. Artists will benefit from a drawing practice, of course.

But writers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, gardeners, cooks, scientists, designers, craftspeople, and all who wish to live authentic, exploratory, creative lives will find the practice both liberating and empowering.