Listen To This | The Link Between Creativity & Nature
A Podcast Rec for Thursday January 9
Welcome to Listen To This, a daily edition to Welcome Wanderer. Each day I send out one of my favorite podcast episodes and/or audiobooks that moved me, challenged me, made life a little brighter, or were a beautiful companion to have with me throughout my normal day.
Podcast of the day:
London Writers’ Salon | John Muirs Laws- The Nature Journaling Framework to Unlock Boundless Creativity, Curiosity as a Superpower, and How To Deepen Your Writing | Jan 7 2025 | 58 min
Quotes I Want To Remember:
“Creativity is making connections, useful connections, between things that initially don’t seem to be related. So you’re practicing creativity, you’re practicing curiosity, you’re practicing attention every time you do this. And when this becomes part of your routine, you get better and better and better at these essential parts of being alive, of being a human being, able to experience the wonder of the world around us.”
John said this about nature journaling, especially for someone who is just starting out and wants to try it:
“It’s a tool for pulling back that curtain and experiencing the depth and breadth and richness of this world more deeply. So the journal is just a tool. But it’s easy for us in our head for that to be the focus of what we’re doing- I want to have a good looking journal.”
This podcast was so lovely and I’d encourage everyone to listen! You will absolutely be inspired to get into nature more and activate your creativity. John talks about how we desperately need to use other parts of our brain on a daily basis and how this can help us become unstuck and generate profound ideas!
Exploring life with you,
Charissa
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