| When you create, what's the intention behind it? Do | | | | Intentions can sometimes be very specific. |
| you know how much of a difference creating with | | | | For example "I want to write 3 chapters of my novel |
| intention can make to your creative life and creative | | | | within the next month." |
| projects? | | | | Others are more of a "directional intention" than an |
| When you have clear intentions, you're able to focus | | | | "destination intention". |
| more clearly and move more easily towards them. | | | | For example in my acting class, my intention was to |
| Your internal forces seem to unite in a common | | | | become more confident and expressive in using my |
| direction and with a common purpose and you move | | | | voice. |
| forward more swiftly and smoothly. | | | | There was not necessarily a definitive point or state |
| Something I learned when attending acting classes | | | | I was expecting to reach, but having that intention |
| was to act in the class with intention. The tutor | | | | somewhere in my mind allowed me to constantly be |
| asked: "Why do you come to this acting class? | | | | aware of this in the course of the classes and make |
| What's your intention, what do you hope to get | | | | the exercises more relevant and useful to me. |
| from it?". | | | | What in your creative life do you have clear |
| He explained that when his students had this intention | | | | intentions for? |
| in the back of their minds, they get more from the | | | | What do you have a strong picture of in your head, |
| class, because they pick out the parts that serve | | | | about how you'd things to be? |
| their intention best. They make the most of the | | | | What other things in your creative life are you |
| exercises that are relevant and move on from those | | | | unclear about? Areas where you have no clear |
| that don't. | | | | intentions and maybe you feel you're simply drifting |
| When you're clear about your intentions, you also | | | | rather than working steadily towards a goal or in a |
| become more attuned to the opportunities that arise | | | | particular direction? |
| for you. | | | | What differences do you notice between the areas |
| You know which will take you in the direction you | | | | where you have a strong intention and those you |
| want to go. If you know that you're working | | | | don't? |
| towards specific aims - even though the art you're | | | | What steps can you take today to become more |
| creating may still be diverse and spontaneous - you | | | | clear in your intentions in all areas of your creative |
| become more open to the pathways that will lead | | | | life? Pick one to start with, then build from there. |
| you where you want to go. | | | | |