Creativity and Affirmations

Understand how to combine affirmations with creativity to achieve more powerful results

Positive thoughts and positive actions create positive outcomes in our lives
As you learnt in my last art-e-Blog one of the key ways that we create in our lives is through our thoughts, beliefs and intentions. I discussed how important it is to add a positive spin to your thoughts and provided you with some tips on creating affirmations to help you to achieve the positive state of mind you want to create

Remember that when we put a positive spin on our thoughts, beliefs and intentions we find that our lives tend to reflect (just like a mirror shining from the inside out) our inner ‘talk’ and on the outside we radiate with greater optimism – that is our brilliant creative goddess (or godly) magic is allowed to shine. We start to feel better about ourselves and our lives and find that it is more natural for us to feel positive and optimistic about more aspects of our every day than we may have been able to previously

We also learnt that affirmations are statements of intent – when we use positive affirmations the intent is therefore also positive

When we combine affirmations with creative expression we allow our affirmations to come to life in a visual way. This then offers us a new opportunity to look at things in a different way

Having a picture / image / painting / collage or so on, that you have created to represent a personal affirmation you wrote can be so much more powerful than just using and focusing on the words that make up the affirmation. Our minds work on the image in a different way to how it works on words and the result is a greater opportunity to actually ‘see’ what it is we are trying to create

There have been many studies that investigate how this happens and to explain why visual stimulation, or the use of imagery, is so much more powerful when used with other forms of expression such as the written word. I am certainly not going to begin to offer my own explanation. What I can tell you is that I see this work every single time I work with a client in this way. When we add visual images, or imagery to words and thoughts, the connection that is made creates a beautiful space for the mind to explore and create which then allows the personal goal or intention to be fulfilled in a much greater and more long lasting and fulfilling way

The key to imagery is your imagination! Imagination, I believe, is also the key to your creativity and creative expression. Imagery and your imagination are aspects of your mind and I am sure that you can remember some experience in your lifetime when you have been aware of the power of your mind and what it can create given the right support and intention? (Unfortunately this also works in reverse and our minds can create not so great things for us also but in this article we are focusing on the positive!)

So how do you combine creative expression with the affirmations you created using the POSSIBLE method I shared with you in the last article? Like creating your affirmations, adding imagery to them is not difficult. Here are 3 ways to extend the benefits you receive from using affirmations by including imagery or creative expression in your process

1. ‘Visualise’ your affirmation as though it has already come true – it is like playing a movie of you living your life and the outcome you want to achieve has already happened

2. ‘Write’ a list of 5 words to describe how you feel when you use your mind to ‘imagine’ the outcome from step 1

3. Create a image to capture what your life looks like (step 1) and feels like (step 2)

The important thing really is to focus on creating this image and it really doesn’t matter how you create it. You could draw or paint a picture of your outcome, get a load of old magazines, photographs or other pictures and make a collage or take a photograph of a scene that captures your achieved outcome as you would see it. If you can, write your affirmation onto your image or art work and then as well as saying your affirmation out loud everyday you also have the picture of what it looks like when you achieve it to reflect on and emerge yourself in. I am certain with a little practice and some gentle, loving effort on your part you will find your thoughts and beliefs do begin to change you your affirmation has come true!

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