How Darkness Can Inspire Your Creativity

Are you going through a difficult time, unsure of your next steps – or contemplating a change in direction with no idea of how to move forward?

Do you feel stuck in your creative process, wondering how to best express yourself as you transition into the next phase of life?

We’ll soon be moving into another new moon phase – which always brings a time of new beginnings. Where one door closes, another one opens.

During a new moon phase, the sky is completely black, other than the surrounding stars. It’s the point in every month when the moon takes a retreat and begins to grow again, redoubling her light and reflecting new creative energy on the world.

It brings to our awareness the potential that darkness has in shedding light on life’s lessons and the many gifts that would otherwise go unnoticed.

As poet Mary Oliver once wrote, “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”

The energies of the dark moon can feel especially potent. That’s because they are. They represent the unknown and can send a magnetic pull to lure our willingness and our desire to find out – “What is the gift in this darkness that is waiting to be discovered by me?”

The darkness of the moon brings an opportunity to reflect on our life’s journey by taking a closer look at who we are – underneath the layers of life. It’s a time to turn within and write about our inner thoughts and feelings.

By looking for the “light” – and knowing that it’s there, somewhere, waiting to be discovered – we can reach a place where our personal reflection begins to shed its own light and new creative paths start to emerge.

It’s a time to ponder where we’ve been, how we got to where we are now, and where to go from here. It’s an opportunity to explore new ways of thinking and to prepare for a new path of travel. It also marks an ideal time for connecting with our inner selves and our true heart’s desire.

This is a period where dots start to connect and patterns start to reveal themselves – just as the stars do in the night sky. Everything has a place and everything has a purpose. Now it becomes our job to find our place in the next phase of life’s journey.

And the first step toward this new phase is the realization that there is a gift in everything IF we choose to see it.

It’s a perfect time for making a new discovery about yourself as you contemplate the next evolution of YOU – and how this wants to be creatively expressed in a new way.

Join me on Thursday, September 21st – for a special new moon dialogue with fellow creative luminary, Gunhild Lorenzen as part of the Harness Your Creative Power video summit. We’ll be discussing how journaling through the new moon phase can inspire creative new beginnings – and how the greatest transformational gifts are found in those darker moments of life.

While this online summit focuses on the topic of creativity, it’s also designed to help YOU ignite the precious resource of your creativity and the superpower of your imagination! Along with 20 other creativity experts, I’ll be bringing my best tips to the bigger conversation, helping you move through a difficult life phase – and get to the other side in the most creative way possible.

This is a perfect opportunity for you – if you’ve always wanted to do something creative but never have OR if you are an artist, an author or an entrepreneur who is looking for a deeper meaning and more inspiration.

By tapping into the wisdom of the new moon phase – and through the art of journal writing, you’ll be gently led into your own “new moon beginning” with grace, ease, and a crystal clear clarity for what will best support your creative path.

For more information and to register, please visit: Harness Your Creative Power

There is no cost to join the call – and it will be recorded if you’re unable to join us live. So go ahead and register regardless of what your Thursday plans are.

And bring your journal with you to the call (or to the recorded version). You’ll want to capture the wisdom that we share and the powerful questions you can ask yourself while navigating a dark period in your life – such as divorce, a job loss, depression, or any major life transition that leaves you feeling heavy or hopeless. We’ll be discussing how these transitions can support your creative path – and how they can inspire new creative projects with a heightened sense of awareness.

Allow yourself to be open to the magic of creative new beginnings that are sparked by the unique gifts that are found in the darker parts of life – with new insights that have the potential to open the door to new ideas, solutions, and directions.

Your creative spirit is calling – are you listening?