In the book I’m working through (The Artist’s Way), one of the assignments was to do an artist-brain activity. Roughly described as something monotonous or repetitive. Running, walking, painting a wall. For me, handwashing dishes is my most productive artist-brain activity. Each of my book ideas was birthed while standing at the sink with my arms in warm soapy water, scrubbing things clean.

Today my dishwasher was almost full, but I decided to try handwashing the dishes instead. I didn’t have any earth-shaking creative ideas, but I felt a little more grounded. A little more open to what my creative artist-brain may be speaking to me. And my fingernails are clean. 🙂