darren r hill

the creative minimalist

  • The festival of Mabon in the revised neopagan year is all about harvest. It is the second or final harvest of the year, so time to eat, drink and be merry… once the fields are cleared. Mabon also falls around the autumnal equinox, in the northern hemisphere. The day when daylight and nighttime are equal,…

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  • The first review of my new journal set-up using different journals for weekly and daily planning. A quick look at an issue relating to my junk journal. And a quick trip to the beach to talk about creative and inspiring sounds. If you like the videos, please subscribe to my YouTube channel.

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  • Be happy – A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. It felt like every muscle on my face took part in producing my smile. My skin stretched like a supple yoga enthusiast. Writing Prompt Expanded This week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is all about…

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  • Each lunar month I use the New Moon as a marker to set some short term goals and intentions. I use the New Moon as I like the symbolism of birth and growth, dark to light and its cyclical nature. There is a completeness that nature provides that isn’t found in my basic monthly to-do…

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  • A look at my latest journal set-up as I prepare for the week ahead. I am separating my monthly and weekly from my daily, in an attempt to find the right size and feel for each day. All part of my ongoing quest to find my perfect journal set-up. I’ll be back soon with a…

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  • A junk journal and planner update in which I talk myself into using another journal… what’s he like?

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  • Creative resources and time

    Creative resources and time

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    Everywhere we look there are adverts and influencers offering stuff to make our lives perfect. I have also been seeing a lot of talk about minimising what we have and what we use in our creative lives. This week’s vlog explores this very issue.

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    xox

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  • You (and me) are the barrier to creativity

    You (and me) are the barrier to creativity

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    I have discovered that the biggest barrier to creativity is myself. It might well be the same for you as well. In this week’s vlog, I look at three ways to overcome the barriers we create for ourselves.

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  • Choose your creative life

    Choose your creative life

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    What is your ideal creative life? So often reality and everyday living stop us from being creative. However, we can choose to fit in art, music and writing. In this week’s vlog, I look at the ideal vs reality of being creative.

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  • What’s the point of creating

    What’s the point of creating

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    Thus, when Darren looked at what he hath created, he thought, what’s the point and was distinctly underwhelmed. This week’s vlog is a look at how to keep going on a creative project that doesn’t sparkle. Let’s continue to create.

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  • Making Creativity Easy

    Making Creativity Easy

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    There is a way to make creativity easier, to make the creative process easy.. er…ish. Give your music, art, video, images, writing, a helping hand with this one simple tip. I’m making creativity easy in this week’s vlog, let’s create.

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  • When creative plans don’t work

    When creative plans don’t work

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    Once upon a time, I had a creative plan, to create new music while finishing an old music project. That fairy tale came to an unhappy end. In this week’s vlog, I take a look at lessons learnt from a failed creative plan.

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