i want to tell you about a concept that completely changed my life but
instead of just telling you about it i'm going to show you how i do it
i started doing these when i was 18 as a type of like homework for an acting class that i was in
oh yes my favorite thing in the world sitting in dirt the squirrels actually i do kind of love it
the squirrel is dropping nuts onto my head
got my little single shot of espresso it looks so good oh it smells so good i am a happy girl
and my little chocolate croissant you know it's good when the bag is covered in chocolate
i'm so horribly backlit let's see if we can remedy this okay
for me an artist date is really just intentional time spent with your inner child because your
inner child is your most creative self so for me it's just about like seeing the world
through some like rose-colored glasses because i personally tend to default to seeing the world
as this awful dark gloomy place that is out to get me is that beneficial for my creative self
or for my inner child absolutely not um so i've just been really trying to incorporate more time
with myself where i'm just like yo let's paint a stupid painting that doesn't
that doesn't look good because painting isn't my job
it's just something i do for fun artist dates look different for everyone hi
when you say hi to someone and they don't say hi back they just stare at you
for me i think artist dates are the most necessary for people who aren't even creative
i've gotten that question before when i've like told like people i know about it and they're
like but i don't do anything creative and i'm like then you're the one that needs to do them
because everyone's creative even if you don't do creative things for a living you still got
creative juices flowing through you juices i hate saying juices that sounds gross here are my
official rules for a successful artistic rule number one leave judgment at the door have
fun you don't need to don't judge anything that you do if you just want to do something if like
your little there's a little voice in the back of your head that's like i want to go get a croissant
go get a croissant live your best life if you want to go to like some little store go to some little
store if you want to buy flowers go buy flowers if you want to draw if you want to make music like
i guess rule number two then is there are no rules which is why it is a little difficult
because it's like what am i supposed to do you can quite literally do anything you want
it doesn't matter and i am like sprinkling in some ideas through this video just so you can
get ideas of what you might want to do but i feel like it's such a personal thing it's going to mean
something completely different to everyone and my final rule kind of goes along with my first one
along with leaving judgment at the door also like leave pressure at the door don't feel
like you have to go on an artist date don't feel like it has to be super creative don't
feel like you have to do anything even artistic like it could literally be it could literally be
it could literally be just like going and it could it could literally
thank you mr fire truck for your service but also could you be a little quieter so
an artist's date could literally be as simple as putting in your favorite music going on a
walk and like going and getting yourself like a treat i think it has more to do
with the mentality of like just letting go having fun taking care of yourself um taking care of your
inner child i think it has more to do with that than the actual like creativity aspect of it
which is why i feel like i've been able to kind of take this mindset of an artist date and bring it
into my like everyday life like i feel like every day for me as an artist state now just because
like i view the world in i think a different way when i'm just being intentional about it you know
like i like look at like a flower this i just sound so nerdy so i look at a flower and i'm
like that is beautiful if i took a picture of that right now like the colors would be gorgeous
or i could paint that flower like just looking at the world with just a different lens
or maybe i'm just out of my mind but even if i am i'm having a good time i'm not harming anyone
and um i'm a lot happier also if there is another like alternate rule it would be to go outside
i feel like an artist's date for me at least isn't complete without being in nature
gorgeous nature look at that
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