How To Live Creatively: Becoming the Artist of Your Own Life
- Lara-Jane Stewart
- May 5
- 3 min read
You don’t have to paint to be an artist.
You don’t need a studio or a stack of supplies.
To be an artist is to live with intention. With curiosity. With a willingness to shape your life into something that feels meaningful, honest, and alive.
Your life is your canvas. And you are allowed to create something that reflects who you truly are.
What It Really Means To Live Creatively
There's no one right way to do it - but if you've ever wondered how to live creatively, it begins with noticing what lights you up.
Creativity isn't just about making. It’s about how you move through the world. How you solve problems. How you choose what matters. How you bring thoughtfulness, resourcefulness, or feeling to the simplest of moments.
It’s not really about talent either. It’s really about connection.
What feels inspiring to you? What feels aligned? What makes you come alive? What would make this moment just a little more meaningful or connected? Or a little more yours?
You Are Always Shaping Something
Even when you feel like nothing is happening — something is.
The choices you make each day are part of the pattern you're weaving.
Every time you listen deeply... to your intuition... to spirit... to your instincts… Say no to what’s not aligned… Say yes to what is... Try something new perhaps… Or choose rest over rush — you’re contributing to the shape of a life that reflects you more fully.
You don’t have to know exactly where you’re going. You just have to stay in honest relationship with your own path.
Let Meaning Be Your Compass
This is your reminder: You don’t need to chase perfection.
You don’t need to copy anyone else’s version of success.
What matters is whether it feels true to you. Whether it resonates. Whether the life you’re living reflects what you value and believe in.
When you begin to treat your life as something you’re crafting, with attention to your inner guidance systems and co-creation with the mysterious forces of synchronicity and flow, you become the artist of your experience.
You pay attention. You experiment. You refine. You keep showing up. And in doing so, you create a life that is not only meaningful and creative — but deeply yours.
Practical Tips for Living Creatively
Wondering how to start living a more creative life? Here are some easy suggestions:
Keep a Journal: Writing down your thoughts can clarify your priorities. Reflect on moments of joy or gratitude in your day.
Try New Hobbies: Experiment with something new—cooking a different cuisine, gardening, or starting photography. The excitement of trying something unfamiliar can be invigorating.
Create Daily Rituals: Make space for joy through small, intentional rituals. Whether sipping your morning coffee from a favourite mug or enjoying an evening stroll, these moments add meaning to your day.
Meditation: I love meditation of all forms. From walking meditation, body prayer, to staring at a candle in complete silence for a few minutes, to formal seated and guided meditation. I also love a simple breathing meditation practice where I focus my attention on my heart for a few minutes as I breathe slowly and mindfully and take the opportunity to feel feelings of gratitude, appreciation and care.
These simple practices and others like them can help shift your perspective, allowing you to invite more awareness and intention into your day, more presence and coherence, perhaps even more peace and joy overall. And often as a byproduct of these: greater levels of creativity, alignment and sense of purpose or meaning in our daily lives.
I encourage you to embrace your unique journey, your exquisitely irreplaceable essence, and craft a life that genuinely reflects who you are.
What will you create today?
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