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I like to wake up early, but that usually means I don’t speak until I have my morning coffee and move slowly from my bed to my home studio to start answering emails. Switching up my scenery with travel has been my escape and a way for me to change up the “routine”. I am affected creativity by my surroundings, the same space for almost 6 months has brought some challenges to my creative process. I found myself sleeping in longer than I usually do, I felt lazy with nowhere to go but to dinner or a friends house. Working out more wasn’t working. So I decided to start walking. I walk 30 minutes to my morning coffee and by the time I walk my 30 minutes home I am a coffee filled happier person. The first couple mornings felt annoying and hot and sticky, but as the days went on I started to notice how the light at 8 am hits the trees differently than at 9 am. Recently the corners of leaves have started to change colour. The mornings are starting to get a little colder, and the air is starting to smell like fall. It feels like I’m walking with the flow of mother nature’s cycle, noticing the slightest of changes each day that I otherwise would have never noticed. It sounds so simple, but fresh-air in the morning with just me and my thoughts sets the tone for my day. The greatest lesson I have learned this past month and a half of walking is that even though you may not see it progress and change is happening all around us constantly. It’s subtle and quiet and only when you pay attention and be present you’ll see it.
