a few years ago i was introduced to the concept of an artist date when i was reading the artist's way
by julia cameron it's basically just designated time to give to your inner creative self usually
done alone but i don't think that's necessary this past weekend i went on a little artist date to go
take some pictures and things around a city nearby and i wanted to bring you guys along with me
i think one of the coolest things about artist dates is that they can be anything
you want them to be do you just want to sit down and watch a movie do you want to just
read a book like it doesn't matter i think what makes them special is the fact that it's like
intentional time spent just being playful and creative and spending that time with yourself
artist dates really help me avoid burnout there's such a huge difference between
spending your day doing nothing or doing something that's like creative or whatever
and intentionally setting aside time just to do something fun and creative like i think
when i'm just kind of laying around doing nothing or i'm using creativity as a means
to escape other things other responsibilities it doesn't really feel as rewarding
at the end of it but when i've set aside that time specifically to do something i can enjoy it a lot
more and just have fun with it and i think that that's what makes art estates special monster
jumping in a river once or twice
and the whole thing of like oh it needs to be alone time nah that's some [ __ ] man
of course if the way that you feel the most recharged is through
like being alone and like that's what you need for your art estate
you're good but if you gain inspiration from being around people like don't feel like you have to be
alone
and you can tell your friends that i'm being kind of rude but i love to hear the sound
i like having the time um to take the pressure off of creating
i know i've talked about this in like a few videos but
it's good to have outlets that are creative that don't have a paycheck attached to them it doesn't
have deadlines attached to them it's just for the enjoyment of it um and i think that's especially
important if you are pursuing some sort of creative outlet really seriously because it's like
the reason we wanted to do these creative things as like a job or as something that
takes up a lot of our time is because of like the love that we have for it
and it's easier for it to become a stressful thing with a lot of pressure on it so we need
to almost double down with how much we uh how much time we spend doing creative things that are not
for anything it's just for ourselves so we don't forget how much we love creating
when it comes down to it an artist date is really just anything that's kind of nurturing your inner
creative your inner your inner child um you can do finger painting you can literally do anything um
yeah that's the whole point you can climb a tree
you want to climb a tree go on an artist date or you can just climb a tree and call an artist
date so that you sound like fancy oh yeah no i'm doing this um for my my artistic self-care
can sound all like pretentious yeah it's an artist's date i go on a date
once a week with myself um to climb a tree to connect with my inner creative
it's how well the greats do it as i want things to change
also because it is really in the spirit of self-care i think it's also a good time
to check in with yourself um how are you doing how are you feeling um yeah
what what are your goals um what is uh in acting we talk about the once statement what do you want
in the scene you can think about like what's my current one statement for life what do i want out
of my life right now i've never thought about that you can have a life one statement it's really just
a goal but it's a fun way of saying it but it's a good time to just check in with yourself no
matter what you're doing even if you're with like a friend or a significant other you can have that
be like almost a check-in for each other um which is really just a date you can still call it an
artist date i don't think that there should be a single rule around art estates i don't think there
should be any pressure with it i don't think there should be like nothing no rules let's just make
that clear now moving forward artist dates have no rules it can be anything you want them to be
and it doesn't matter as long as you do them when you need them and you don't sit around
and as long as you do them when you need them and you don't like sit around and put pressure
on it like oh i need to go on an artist dude i should be going on an artist date like nah
you don't need to but they are good it's just a positive little thing your guys
dear