Flow Practice

Trusting That You Can Return

The first drawing I made this year didn’t start with an intention.

It started the night before (Jan 5), right before bed, as a loose sketch. Just lines moving across the page. I wasn’t trying to make something. I was trying to get something out of my body. Nervousness. Anxious energy. Something still unnamed.

I went to sleep with this plain Bic pen drawing on my journal.

The next morning, instead of my usual writing practice, I returned to that sketch. I gave myself an hour or so, and made one decision at a time. I didn’t force the drawing into a new direction. I stayed in conversation with what started last night.

The colors came slowly. One led to the next. Once a few were established, the rest followed naturally.

What this reminded me is that FLOW isn’t always about staying present nonstop or riding a single wave of momentum. Sometimes flow is quieter. It’s about trusting that you can pause, step away, and still return.

This has become a central part of both my creative practice and my talent partnership and creative coaching work. Learning how to start without pressure. Letting things remain unfinished. Trusting yourself enough to come back rather than abandon what you’ve begun.

So much of what we call “being stuck” is actually a lack of trust in continuity. We assume that if we stop, we’ve failed. If we don’t finish, we’ve lost momentum.

This piece taught me the opposite.

Flow can happen over time.

I’ll be sharing more from this series as it unfolds. This is just the beginning