If you are involved in a creative project of any sort- one that requires you to show up and sustain (we are doing this in Creating Wild at the moment), then you need to pay attention to what you’re putting in your body. And by that, I mean specifically food (my husband filmed a documentary for the A&E department which has led me to be quite specific here. I’m most definitely not talking about “those types of things”).
As far as food goes, I’d describe myself as functional and reliable. I’m the cooking version of your local hardware store. Has what you need, satisfying enough but nothing fancy, occasionally disappointing, and you get the sense talking to the guy working there that they’d rather be outside.
My friend Tania on the other hand is what I would describe as a Culinary Wafter. She Wafts like a famous chef without a substance abuse problem- a little bit of this, a little bit of that- talking to the dog at the same time, quoting Shakespeare and managing to lead a zoom session, all while conjuring up things such as “green soup” which is bloody delicious (and despite having asked for the recipe many times, I still have no idea what goes in there).
I’ve tried. My green soup was more “bottom of the pond” colour and tasted a bit gritty.
Anyway, the point of me sharing all this with you is this: If you are to draw on creative resources, you need to make sure that your body is fuelled. Frankly, most of us are exhausted enough. The last thing we need is to become part of the problem by eating too much of the wrong thing or not eating enough at all. Creating and making consumes energy and if you’re out of it, you’ll quickly move into depletion.
I tend to fall into the camp of not eating enough and it can leave me like a two-week-old vase of flowers left out in the sun. It’s sounds like a ridiculous thing to point out (Eat! Drink well! You’ll feel better!) but most of us have demands pulling on us that can distract us from taking care of the basics.
Fuel up my friends. We need your stories and your creations so best be finding out about that green soup sooner rather than later.
xx Jane