Creative Sensuality - Get The Most From Your 5 Senses To Enrich Your Creative Work

Think of a scent that sends you back to your childhood in an instant, like the smell of boot polish your dad used to clean his shoes each morning, your mothers best special night out perfume, or the warm fragrance of tomato plants in your grandfathers greenhouse.

We experience the world through our 5 senses, theyre the channels through which we receive the details of the environment around us.

Being more aware of our senses, noticing the subtleties and quirks of both the exotic and the familiar, helps us not only have a more vivid and stimulating life, but also enriches our creative work, how we express our creativity and how effectively we connect with others.

Another example: You might hear a song that reminds you of your teenage years and a first love, those awkward but heady first exchanges behind the cinema on a Saturday night. Or the train signal unique to the local railways where you used to stay with your aunt and uncle every summer.

Each of us have vivid memories and feelings connected with certain senses.

So the best way to make your creative art evocative and connect with others is to draw on these senses as much as possible.

You dont always have to draw on sensual details of the past either.

Much of the time its the quest for the new that drives an artist forward to pushing the boundaries of what they create, sometimes challenging the limits of what ANYONE has created before in a particular medium.

This is how we get the creative pioneers that lead the way in their creative form, setting new expectations and opening new avenues for those that go after them.

Think about some of your favourite artists and the art thats particularly moved and inspired you.

Which artists and artwork has made you FEEL most, and has connected with you most deeply?

Which art and artists have taken your breath away and redefined what you thought was possible in creating?

Think about either of these the art thats moved you most and the art thats blown away your expectations of what you thought was possible and youll find they draw heavily on your senses.

Whether its a poem, painting or piece of music, the connection the way it makes you feel more alive is what makes it such an important piece of work for you.

Think about your own creative work. What pieces have you felt have most effectively connected with peoples senses?

Which creative projects for you have best expressed a certain time or a certain feeling youve wanted to express?

Its all the senses. An artist without a strong awareness of their senses is like a pianist trying to play piano without their hands or a dancer trying to express their dance without moving a muscle.

Remember this each time you create, and aim to tap into your audiences feelings and emotions as deeply as possibly through each of their 5 senses.

Your creative work can be as sensual, evocative and vivid as you want to make it.

Would you like to kick-start your creativity today? Then download your free copy of the Explode Your Creativity! Action Workbook at http://www.CoachCreative.com.

From Creativity Coach Dan Goodwin.

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