How should a person get started making art? A lot of the advice is to just sit down and do it. But then what? Once you’ve convinced yourself to sit down, what do you actually do?
How to make movement part of your creative tool kit
I really believe that our bodies know things that we might not consciously have access to and if we let them move, they will fill us in on their secrets. This isn't another New Years call to get yourself to a gym. This is just a gentle reminder that a moving body is a happy body - and movement can mean anything from stretching at your desk to dancing to scrubbing your baseboards. According to a study at Leiden University in the Netherlands, participants' performance on creative tasks went up when they were exercising regularly.