Do the Opposite - 5min Creative Exercise with Krista Kankula
Do the Opposite
Hi, I’m Krista Kankula - a Creativity Coach and I’m all about helping you use play and creative self-expression as a tool to cultivate more self-connection, FUN and joy in your life!
Today is opposite day. Or at least we’re going to pretend it is.
Novelty is such an important factor in creativity.
And for a lot of us who are really living creatively it's something we find ourselves seeking out.
When it comes to our creative practice or creative work it's important to shake things up every now and then and just be curious about how it inspires or influences what we’re making or our mindset.
For whatever project or creative practice you’re working on at the moment you’re going to challenge yourself - just for fun to do the opposite of that for one day.
I’ll give you some examples of how you can approach this opposite challenge:
If you’re someone like me who paints with a lot of colours - specifically pinks, oranges, greens and blues
You challenge yourself to paint only in black and white
OR you challenge yourself to paint with your eyes closed
OR you challenge yourself to only use words to create an image or pattern on the page
If you’re someone who photographs landscapes and nature
You can challenge yourself to draw or paint what you see instead
Or take photos of objects or people instead
If you’re someone who writes blog posts
You can challenge yourself to use a voice memo to talk out and record your blog post instead of writing.
Or you can challenge yourself to draw a comic that communicates the main theme behind your blog post
If you’re designing posters
You can challenge yourself to make a poster out of cardstock and cut and glue on the shapes and text
Or You can challenge yourself to create a 2-minute video communicating the event or ideas from the poster instead.
These are just a few ideas to get your creative brain warmed up and thinking about how you can practice this FUN opposite challenge for yourself.
And if you take on this challenge, which we really hope you do, share what you created and tag Ryan @creativepeople.podcast and me @KristaKankula on Instagram. We can’t wait to see what you create and how this opposite approach inspires you!