5 Awesome Creative Gifts – To Rekindle that Lost Creativity
Highly sensitive people are creative people at their core. Often, along the way, we lose our creative spark. But the good news is that we can always rekindle it, starting with a small action. Here are 5 awesome creative gifts that will help you or your loved one back on that path!
1. The Artist’s Way
I cannot recommend The Artist’s Way enough if you are looking to get those creative juices flowing. It’s essentially a 12 week course designed to (re)ignite your creativity.
This book is the reason we now have a piano in our home. Through writing morning pages and other assignments, I realised I would dearly love to be able to play the piano. I started taking lessons and when we moved house the stars aligned and a piano essentially fell into my lap. But anyway, the point is, The Artist’s Way will inspire you to set foot on a path of self discovery and ensure that you newly unleash your creativity. Who knows what doors this creative journey will open?
2. Who Are You? Self Discovery Card Deck
This self discovery card deck containing 80 prompts from Mindkompass is popular. And there’s a reason why. If you need help discovering what you are passionate about, then these cards are a sure fire winner. Divided into four categories, these cards cover:
- Passion and Strength
- Fears and Insecurities
- Possibilities
- Relationships
The prompts go hand in hand with journaling, or as a discussion prompt with a friend.
3. Do One Thing Every Day That Inspires You
This is a small 365 day journal that you can dip into daily. There’s inspiration from famous artists, writers and other creatives. This is a fun gift that will get the receiver out of their creative comfort zone and get them using their imagination and hidden talents.
4. Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity
I love the writing style of Felicia Day, it’s friendly and fun. But more importantly, Embrace Your Weird will inspire you. There’s a whole load of help to banish the feelings that block our creativity – like anxiety, and that old friend we HSPs know so well, perfectionism. Time to say ‘be gone insecurities’, and grab a copy of this book. Weird is good!
5. A 133 Piece Artist Set
If you are going to do it, do it right. The artist in you will certainly not be sorry to start dabbling with an art kit on this scale. It includes paints (acrylic, oil and watercolour), brushes, canvases and sketchbooks, and a desk and field easel. No more excuses not to get going on that long awaited masterpiece!
Finding your creative spark is a journey, and making that first step is always the most difficult. But the search for it is more than worth it – rekindle that creativity inside you!
Over to You
What creative activities do you love doing? Or what did you used to love doing that you no longer do? Why did you stop? What did you love doing as a child? What will it take to rekindle your creative spark?
*For your convenience, this post includes affiliate links to products and books I find useful for the HSK community. They cost you nothing more to buy, but I may get a small commission, which goes towards costs to keep the HSK site running.*
