Cultivating a lush inner world

studio vlog

Jan 07, 2025

Hello,

Recommended watching method: draw a room alongside me talking, and draw in objects of your choosing/ or grab some clay and mold a symbol of a future dream.

I start getting into it at 4:55, the first half is more or less a studio vlog; just an opportunity to spend some time together <3 Skip ahead if you must.

Here is a video of me talking about cultivating a lush and giving inner life. A friend asked me once if I write using prompts. I said, “no not really, I am just thinking all the time about my life.” Now, upon reflection, I think it is because I am always tending to my inner world. It is one of my top priorities. It is where my life force comes from, my vitality. My life becomes my medium to explore ideas, symbols, and fragments I am working through internally. For me, I often start with the image of a room. I fill it up with symbols and objects even sentences that come to me from the unknown. This can be a figurative room in my mind, or, more literally a painting or drawing in my sketchbook. In this video, I share some things I have done over the years. This is not just about creating a fertile space for creative ideas to emerge from. It is also about making your mind a kind, wonderful place to live in.

If you want to write like a poet, you have to live like a poet. So, yes light a candle at night, open up your journal or a sketchbook, and start dreaming.