About Creativity
sheTIME Creativity showcases creative responses to the feminine cycle.
One way to work with the monthly cycle is to respond to it creatively. Through art, women can enhance, transform or give meaning to experiences which we usually think of as just “happening” to us. Turning these themes into beautiful or novel creations can comfort or challenge us and others. Making the effort to produce work to a high standard is a way of honouring the processes we’re exploring. It also increases the likelihood of communicating well and possibly even helping people to review and alter their perceptions.
To achieve all this, art does not have to be exclusively “positive”. It needs to express authentic feelings or thoughts to which others can relate. A sad poem can give voice to emotions which for the reader would otherwise lie trapped and unexpressed. We cannot heal ourselves until we know what we really feel.
You could make an original work of art, such as a poem, picture, song, sculpture, dance, puppet, film, comic routine or story that connects to the cycle or to aspects of it such as elation, pain, bleeding, depression, sensitivity, cultural attitudes, fertility, etc. Alternatively, you could develop new ways of thinking about these things, imagine new possibilities for interpreting them, invent a new language for describing them, or create new rituals for honouring them (see Rituals/Philosophy).
We hope that you will enjoy and be stimulated by the creative work showcased here and on the Rituals sub-site. To contribute something yourself, or to alert us to other creative work about the feminine cycle, go to the Participate page.
Enjoy!
