The Artist’s Way: Artist Date Ideas

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nature & art

— Step one: visit a nature spot such as a botanical garden, a local beach, a river, or a lake.

— Step two: find a comfy spot to sit or lay and make art such as sketching, painting, or writing poetry.

cloudgazing

— Find a field somewhere to lay out a picnic blanket. Gaze at the clouds and find all the animals. Create lil stories in your head about what their lives are like.

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art museum

— Visit your local art museum and closely inspect different works of art. Remember that a human made that. Stare in awe.

plant nursery

— Look at all the cute lil plants, fall in love, and bring a baby home.

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antique store

— Shop around for the coolest shit you can find. Bonus points if it looks like it came from a dead person’s house.

charming neighborhood

— Walk around one of those cute little neighborhoods that are often dotted around the outskirts of the city. Imagine living there and gardening in the backyard.

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bookstore

— Be vain. Pick out a book just because the cover is pretty. Or do the exact opposite: close your eyes and pick the first one your hand lands on.

get crafty

— Make a vision board or collage out of old magazines and other random scraps. Have it revolve around a theme like oak trees, the color pink, or your dream life.

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fancy date

— Take yourself on a fancy date the way you want someone else to. Buy yourself flowers. Dress up real nice. Feel pretty. Eat good food.

pottery

— Take a pottery class and make something from scratch. Or even easier, go to one of those places where you paint pottery pieces that already exist.

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art store

— Go to a craft store and buy art supplies you’ve never used before and go crazy with it at home. Watch YouTube tutorials if needed.

be a tourist

— Take a “tourist day” in your own town. Go to a part you’ve never been to before. Feel the feeling of newness. Enjoy being lost.

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farmer’s market

— Dress cute and look around every booth. Pick out a weird lookin’ fruit you’ve never tried before. Maybe it’ll be a new favorite.

crystal shop

— Visit one of those metaphysical shops and buy a pretty rock. It’ll change your life. I <3 my selenite.

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cafe characters

— People watch at a cafe. If the weather’s nice, sit outside beside the busy sidewalk. Sketch what you see. Craft stories about what you think their lives are like.

live music

— Go out on the town for a night. Enjoy some live music or an open mic night. Get inspired.

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library

— Check out a cookbook. No commitment. Makes it easy to pick one out. When you get home, blindly flip through the book and stop on a page. Grab what you need at the grocery store and make that recipe.

instrument

— If you have a musical instrument at home, learn a new tune. If not, use one of those digital pianos on your laptop and learn how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

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slow morning

— For once, allow yourself to have a slow morning. Maybe on a sunny Sunday, or somethin’. Plate your breakfast real pretty and drink a cup of tea out of your nicest China. Breathe.

herb shop

— Visit a spice or tea shop. Buy something you’ve never tried before. Then go home and cook with the spice or brew a pot of tea.

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aesthetic baking

— Cook or bake something just because the end product is going to be pretty. Something like a pink strawberry cupcake topped with edible flowers

tea blend

— Make your own tea blend. Buy some random herbs at the store and mix them at home. It probably wouldn’t hurt to make sure that combination won’t kill you first.

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dance party

— Pull the shades. Put on your favorite music from when you were 15. Have a solo dance party. Move intuitively. Ban thinking.

— Or take one of those dance lessons on YouTube. Those are pretty fun too.

record shop

— Stroll through a record shop. Think about how half the artists are dead now. Let that inspire you to live every day to the fullest.

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