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The Essential Creative Farmer

1/21/2022

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Being someone who is a creative person by nature, I like to think (perhaps like many others) that creativity is something I can dip into without fail - a Mary Poppins' carpet bag of ideas and inspiration. However, there are times that I brush against the bottom of the bag. 
The dreaded block. A resistance to the creative end that feels nonsensical and without cause.​ I've faced this a number of times in both writing and photography. What I've had to learn (and constantly remind myself) is that, in my creative pursuits, even a bottomless bag needs time to replenish. It's at this point that many look to farming for guidance; specifically, the need to let fields - be they carrots or creative pursuits - lie fallow and allow nutrients previously leached by crops to return to the soils. 
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How do you do that, though, when you're farming creativity? For me, a few practices have helped me move through these periods of creative rest.

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1/9/2022

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Maybe it’s just me, but I find that staying informed of current research practice often feels like I’m trying to take a sip of water from a fire hose. Journal articles only scratch the surface, with vast more treasures lying in wait through social media postings.
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