Developing a Practice

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Good morning, The Wonderfell Way.

We write. We draw. We sing and strum. We create!

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Thank you Artists of all kinds for showing the world it's Beautiful.

Keep going.

More than hobby or craft, it's generosity.

Those quiet moments we spend alone in daydreams, when the busy world does its busy, yearn to be shared.

We sit quiet, observe our minds, feel with our imagination the world... we feast on dreams.

"Where do you come up with your ideas?"
-Friends Who Don't Consider Themselves Creative But Are Always Quite Busy

We stare at walls, we do the dishes, we gather dreams.

Alone time... introspection is all part of the process of Art.

The best dreams come in quiet safe places,
Alone or with friendly trustworthy faces.

Our dreams are beautiful; that's why they're worth sharing.

But it is easy to be lulled into a lullaby of idleness by them.

This is why it's important to have a practice set up: to develop the habit of making.

That means allotting time to wander, to daydream, to be idle.

Remember gathering is part of the process, too.

Everyday doings: laundry, washing dishes, showering; are great times to gather dreams.

Your body is comfortable with the tasks.

Unless you jog everyday, a walk is always better than a run for gathering dreams.

Your body knows what's required.

So there's no deliberation required.

This is another, perhaps the most important, reason for developing a practice. Your body gets comfortable with the process of writing, of drawing, of singing and strumming. And because it's comfortable dreams come easy to fill the craft.

Just show up around the same time everyday and make something. After sometime the dreams will come.

When we try, when we force, the trying and the forcing go into the work and are shared with the audience.

It's disingenuous somehow. Like you don't believe it's good. That disbelief, then, goes into your creation.

Cut it out.

Show up.

Remember you love making and make!

Write a simple sentence. Draw a stick figure. Sing a scale. Get into the rhythm of making.

Writers often talk about the different ways of making a story. There's two camps: Plotters and Pantsers.

Plotters make a map and follow it. Pantsers sit and write by the seat of their pants.

These are actually the same process; it's only a matter of trust and timing.

Stories all work in a certain way. There are plenty of books and courses to show how.

The writer makes a character and then takes them through the certain ways of a story.

The metaphors and details are all that's new.

We can make those before we start writing (plotter), or while we write (pantser).

For me, I make a mental note (sometimes written) of "this happens then this happens then this happens...end scene," just a short list before I write each scene. A quick plot to get my pants comfortable.

Why get into the car if you don't know where you're going?

This works for all forms of writing and Art. Know where your Art is going and know the trip to be worth the ride. Your enjoyment of your creation is infectious.

Do you recall driving backroads when the sky through the trees turned a beautiful shade of you-didn't-know-skies-came-in-that-color?

Bring back that feeling while you write if you want your writing beautiful.

Just be in the feeling of what you want to share, then be sincere.

Enthusiasm is always a great feeling to have while creating; it gets viewers excited to see your work, and to be alive.

Sun's up. Clear, cool day in December.

Thanks for reading, work some today, and make wonderful this wonderful day.