{"id":4743,"date":"2025-05-02T15:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2025-05-02T15:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:31:37","slug":"april-2025-switching-my-creative-focus-to-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/april-2025-switching-my-creative-focus-to-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2025:  Switching My Creative Focus To Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the temperatures warm and it looks like spring might actually arrive, I just want to be outside watching things grow. Creativity speaking, my energy switches to gardening and flowers and our yard. Or small projects I can do outdoors in a patio chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Filling-My-Creative-Well-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Filling-My-Creative-Well-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4744\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Filling-My-Creative-Well-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Filling-My-Creative-Well-2-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Filling-My-Creative-Well-2-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Filling-My-Creative-Well-2-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Filling-My-Creative-Well-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Neurographic art is a great project for outdoors. You don&#8217;t need a lot of things to do it. It can be as simple as a using just a pen and paper. So many other art and craft things can be done outside. Embroidery, cross stitch, tie dye, refurbish a patio table, paint some small rocks. The possibilities are endless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanting to spend time in the sunshine, means less time spent in my office. A good spring office cleaning of my office was much needed. There were stacks of paper that needed filing or recycling. A jumble of things that needed to find a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Before-and-After-Youtube-Thumbnail-Cityscape.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Before-and-After-Youtube-Thumbnail-Cityscape-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4747\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Before-and-After-Youtube-Thumbnail-Cityscape-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Before-and-After-Youtube-Thumbnail-Cityscape-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Before-and-After-Youtube-Thumbnail-Cityscape-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Before-and-After-Youtube-Thumbnail-Cityscape-500x281.png 500w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Before-and-After-Youtube-Thumbnail-Cityscape.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you get a chance to get outdoors this weekend! 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