Recently I read a book written by Elizabeth Gilbert called Big Magic
As a photographer based out of Minnesota, my business is busy between March and October every year. I joke with people that my work year is the opposite of that of a teacher. My off months are during the winter. I use this time to reflect on the year that was, work on my marketing, and basically exhale. This November, after a very busy spring-fall I decided to put my camera down and take some time to just breathe. Then I heard about Big Magic. I began to read it, and I started to change the way I think about inspiration. As a creative person I know that I need inspiration in my life and searching it out sometimes didn’t work. After finishing Big Magic I found that I was inspired by inspiration. Like the magic of how inspiration just floats around waiting to land is fascinating to me. It’s INSPIRING! In the book the author talks about taking a break from your creative projects and do something else for a little while. This may sound silly, but while coloring with my daughter, I literally had inspiration for my senior business slam into me out of no where. I mean really. I was coloring for Pete’s sake! I sat there in awe of what had just happened, and smiled.
This morning I looked out my window and again was inspired by the gorgeous snow fall from the night before. It represented a new phase in my life. A phase of trusting in my art. Being open to the universe. Being inspired by inspiration! So with that I picked up my camera after 4 weeks of hiatus and went out and shot the gorgeous tress weighted down by the heavy, wet snow. I am sharing these images with you not because they are ground breakingly beautiful, but because of what they represent.
If you are a creative mind, I hope this helps you just a tiny bit. Big Magic is out there, you just need to trust it.
xo,
Nicole
