How to start a mindful creative practice with Ian from @ThePaperSparrow ​

Yeah.

Which is always the fun part, isn't it? But I feel like,

yeah, this is it.

Yeah.

That's the thing.

Yeah.

I'll cover it.

I can get three words around the outside of this, but Hey, it's good.

Just squeeze them in round around the edges.

It'll be fine.

Yeah.

The star is the, is the washi.

Um, yeah.

Yeah,

exactly.

Yeah.

so did you um did you find like that documenting things was maybe repetitive in lockdown or were you sort of looking for like new things and new new angles i suppose for documenting because i feel like with mundane stuff i feel like that's a lot of people go oh it's all the same like i woke up i had my cup of coffee like how many different ways can i talk about the same thing how have you found that

Yeah, well, I suppose it is.

But even if you have the same routine and you wake up and you drink a cup of coffee, one, it's not the same day.

It's never going to be the same day.

You're not wearing the same clothes, potentially.

You're not looking at the same thing out the window every time because nothing stays the same.

So my sort of philosophy is that every day, if you have to make the extraordinary out of the ordinary, because nothing can be the same every day, we do get jaded and take things for granted.

And it's trying to reframe or... retrain ourselves to look at it differently or to describe things differently so um it is that you know and it's catching thoughts at that moment so yeah i feel like crap i'm looking at the window and i haven't been at work for three weeks and i haven't seen my family in two weeks how does that make me feel and then tomorrow it could be well i spoke to somebody yesterday on the phone and this is great and yes i'm standing in the same spot drinking now the same mug but things have changed and i have to learn to adapt that and reflect that in my journal

Yeah, I love that because I feel like journaling a lot of the times can help you to sort of reflect and I guess notice the things that you otherwise wouldn't in day-to-day life.