The Artist's Date or in Britain, a 'Jolly'
Out on a Jolly So now I'm trying the next tool from the Creativity Course - the Artist's Date. Most blocked creatives find this creative 'playtime' much harder than the 'work' of morning pages. The idea is that, quite simply, you take your artist self out on a date, just the two of you. You're not supposed to achieve anything, feel anything, or come back with a result. There are no rules; results are cumulative, random, serendipitous - a red London bus pops into your narrative three months hence. You forget to be depressed in the mornings, writubg for ten minutes in the cafe instead. You don't drink as much gin and and you've enough cash for a Creative Writing workshop. That sort of result. No Rules I found the concept slightly creepy at first. Your 'inner artist' is a child-like creature, and in the UK the term 'date' has a distinctly adult feel. Taking my newly emergent artist child on a date sounded pervy, unti...