Varenna, Lago di Como, IT
It is perfectly normal not to feel inspired and having to get through those days… It is part of life and the writing process. Do not force yourself to stay inside your room stuck in front of the computer or a blank page. This only brings more confusion, stress and blurs your mind, thus closing the access to inspiration, which is the most creative, free and magic force.
When this situation happens, think of yourself like a window and perceive the inspiration as the wind: if you lock the window, the wind cannot come inside. Despite its magnitude, it will stay outside colliding persistently against the window. However, if you let it open, this will flow inside like a welcomed guest, ready to freshen up the room.
One suggestion I give and that works perfectly on me is: be the one to go towards the wind. Go outside and walk in nature. Whenever I start walking close to the lake in my town, to the sea in The Netherlands, to the Ocean in Canada, to a park in China, to the woods in Finland… I immediately start feeling a calm spreading through my chest up to the tips of my fingers, clearing my mind and making me feel one with the plants, the water, the wind and the sun that surrounds me. I hear their sounds and smell their scents, which are like words whispered in my ear, words that make me feel alive. Despite where I am, I cannot not feel at home.
I also love turning on some music, which serves as the soundtrack. As a matter of fact, songs help me tune in with the sensations the environment gives me. It amplifies them as if both nature and music vibrate together, resonating with each other. This way, I align with myself and the universe and I become part of the inspiration, which resides between planets, the stars and our world.
Yesterday - walk in nature along the lake - Playlist:
- Help me lose my mind - Gravagerz
- Runnin’ (Lose it all) - Naughty Boy, Beyoncé
- Good for you - Selena Gomez, A$AP Rocky
- No wahala - 1da Banton
- OHEMA - Victony, Crayon, Bella Shmurda
- A sky full of stars - Coldplay
- Holy ghost - Omah Lay
- Reason - Omah Lay
- Souvenir - Selena Gomez
- Let it go - NOTSOBAD, MA:RK
- Lose you to love me - Selena Gomez
- For you - Liam Payne, Rita Ora
- Alaska Baby - Cesare Cremonini
- Ora che non ho più te - Cesare Cremonini
- Dark room - Cesare Cremonini
- Let you love me - Rita Ora
Hope they can inspire you as much as they inspired me!
- Chiara
COMMENT IN THE BOX DOWN BELOW: Where do you go to get inspired? Do you listen to music?
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