Having not been creatively active as I was in the past, definitely leaves me feeling that I miss living an important part of my life. I feel it’s time to come back to it and I generate some ideas on how to creatively express myself this year. I love painting in phases, then giving them a name, reflecting on what I’m experiencing at the moment.

Still, I created stuff throughout the last year even though I was quite distracted. Now, what I do right at this moment, is take a break from the 9-5 routine and experiment with what I will discover. Recently, I remembered the movie and book Eat, Pray, Love. That’s what I came to call the phase I am in right now:

Quit, Travel, Dance - in England, on Madeira, in Ireland, in Mallorca and in Lisbon.

These are the main things I did in the past few weeks. I quit my job without having another lined up, I started to travel to explore new places and to spend time with my closest friends. And I started to dance again. Either in the living room, in the kitchen, in a dark electro club in Prague, up on the cliffs on the tropical-looking island Madeira, while watching the lunar eclipse, or in a hidden corner of a metropolitan city, listening and swinging to blues music.

Being on this break which should actually not just be a break but my life and lifestyle, I created space to get ideas. I have loads of ideas on how to apply art to this world and create a positive impact. Especially in the past few years, we all have opened up to mental health topics, brain health becomes a thing and creativity is one of the skills we will always need.

I am brainstorming almost every day. It shows me again how crucial a change of scenery is and how important it is to readjust in particular when things go not as we wanted them to go. How will you create that “break”? When do you get most of your ideas? On a walk, when travelling to other places, when discussing and philosophying with your friends?