The breakfast
The inaugural "Anchors" rumination. How to stabilize for a durable creative practice through the day's first meal. During hectic times, with room for deviation, even while traveling.
This is a rumination: creative inspo, thoughts-out-loud, sidebars. Complementing project and studio talk on TLB. You can opt out here.
I strongly believe that a creative practice is greatly affected by what goes on, and what’s consumed, outside of the studio. The quality of diet, sleep, conversation; levels of stress, fitness; the necessary partaking and moderation of indulgences; are all instrumental in our ability to receive, synthesize, and produce well as artists.
Periods of intense activity have historically resulted in burnout for me, along with comfort-seeking, impulse-driven consumption which invariably leads to feeling crappy, falling out of shape, even depression.
This year, I’ve been able to escape this tiresome loop for the first time, and it’s really been exciting. Things have been hectic, but I’m proud of the way I’ve been able to maintain balance in terms of diet, fitness, and mental health, all while keeping my plates up in the air—even while traveling.
I share how I’ve been supporting a durable creative practice in a multi-part member-only Ruminations series, tagged “Anchors,” of which this is the inaugural issue.
The practices I’ve been anchoring with all have one thing in common: they remove the need to make an important decision. This gives back a surprising amount of time and alleviates cognitive load.
The usual caveats apply here: I’m not a medical professional or nutritional expert. I’m not even what one would call a conventional “health nut.” These are personal stories, not advice; I’m still learning and experimenting; YMMV; do your own research; blah blah.