This November is a month of healing and returning to the essence within - working with what we have to create a magical place within (and without) that is steadfast and solid despite all that is happening around us.

It asks us to explore our very essence through the lens of our curiosity and fascination - identifying and gathering close the totems and ideas that will comfort us in the inevitable year-end cocoon that lies ahead.

Pay attention to the suggested walks and adventures and select the ones that call out to your curious rabbits eager to return home.

How To Adventure with Your Guardians:

• Curious Rabbits: Notice the places and objects that are inviting you in to explore deeper, whether physically or philosophically.
• Wonder-Walkers: Challenge yourself to adventures outside your comfort zones. The disruption will reveal if there are any patterns to what you're drawn to over and over again all this year. 
• Magic-Makers: Indulge the clues that tug at your creative spark. A fascination for trees all year - how can you weave more of them into your paintings, poetry, photos?
• Truth-Finders: Pay attention to the patterns and connections between your obsessions, fascinations and attractions. What might it reveal about your journey home?
• Secret Gardeners: Dig deeper into the obsessions that are calling you home, research more, borrow a book from the library, look up a credible source. Take an online class if it sheds more light and nourishes you.
• Myth-Weavers & Enchanted Explorers: Take a bird's eye view at your obsession patterns this month and all year - how does it fit within your current body of work? How can you weave it into your existing tapestry?

A year in quarantine reveals how important physical sanctuaries are to the creative spirit. What we surround ourselves with in our personal spaces can either nourish or drain us.

With this in mind, after months in lockdown, I realized I spent an inordinate amount of time lamenting the lack of light in my art studio. During non-pandemic years, the explorer in me enjoyed working from bright coffeeshops, sun-dappled campsites and cheery California road trips to nearby towns, so being confined to my dark studio all of 2020 was taking a toll on my creativity. It felt too much like a dungeon - dim, cluttered and stifling. I decided to tackle the challenge of transforming it into a more magical space that re-inspires and delights me into creating every time I step in it. It's the perfect project for rebooting from stale creative energy, especially when isolated and working from home.

What to do next?

1. Download the Project Booklet.
2. Make a list of the areas of your studio, office or home that are uninspiring or draining your energy.
3. Using the project booklet as a guide, brainstorm some ways you can you reverse this by infusing a little magic into these spaces.

DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT BOOKLET

A Conversation on Following The Rabbit, Curiosity & Creative Inspiration

I first met fellow Wonder-Seeker Naomi VanDoren through the Science Fiction & Fantasy art community we both belong to and was immediately drawn to the adventurous spirit of her beautiful watercolor worlds. I was excited to chat with her about her own curiosity rabbit, and how she weaves her fascinations, childhood memories growing up in Indonesia and her intense love for adventure into a gorgeous watercolor world that is uniquely and distinctly hers. Naomi is an incredibly successful and prolific artist and I really enjoyed this wonderful glimpse into her mind!

Conversation Highlights:

• What inspires her?
• How does she know what
  obsessions are worth exploring? How does she stay true to it?
• What is her process for transforming curiosity and inspiration into creative work?
• What are Naomi's three important sources for creative inspiration?
• What are her everyday tips for sparking and staying curious and creatively inspired?

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Low-Hanging Fruit For the Week:

Watch or listen to the conversation with Naomi and ponder 1 thing you will implement to spark creative curiosity in your everyday.