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How to Have Your Creativity Flow

by elinap | Oct 4, 2023

Doodle Notes x 12 (well, 13, really)

Here we are, celebrating 12 years of Mira, wow!

I chose one of my favorite doodles for each year for you (except 2015, when I had to choose two...) and only considered digitally drawn doodles (except for one of the years...), because they represent the original idea—being just doodled up—the best.

Which one is your favorite?

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Doodle Notes 2014

"If I weren't afraid I would..."

What would you do?
Metaphorically

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Doodle Notes 2015

"STRUGGLE = When the ego wants to keep me busy so that I don't follow my heart. ...Well, my heart has all the time in the Universe. She knows that all is well after all and anyway."

What if you stepped back and took a seat?
I bet the ego wouldn't like struggling all by itself...

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"From this moment on: are you inevitably going towards what you want?"
- Marika Borg

"..Despite the struggle(s) you are facing?"

"Do I feel it deep inside?" Mira asked herself and took a moment... to breathe.

"Ha, ahem, of course" Mira gathered herself while the ego was just simply devastated bt Mira's change of mind.

Mira had realized that the struggle she had been in was less important than where she really wanted to be.

And POOF! The ego vanished!

If you really trust that all is well, you are filled with purpose to move forward.

Just trust!

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Doodle Notes 2016

How to create a makeover but still love what you already do, be, and have?

In the morning, I stretch for what I want it to be like.

And in the evening I look around and feel grateful for all the beauty that is.

Inspired by Ann Wilson

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Doodle Notes 2017

How does it feel to be held by the Universe?

- We are one -

This doodle is one of my all-time favorites. When I look at it, it makes my inner child feel safe and comforted. The Universe has my back.

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Doodle Notes 2018

My kinda fun is taking my pencil dancing!

This was a year that I didn't draw digitally at all—my pen was kept dancing all year long.

What is your kinda fun?

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Doodle Notes 2019

You are free to choose!

Even when the ego offers you new fascinating thoughts, it's okay to just ignore them...

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Doodle Notes 2020

Let's keep going even if it's at the speed of a turtle.

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Doodle Notes 2021

"It's YOU I want and not that ego stuff!" Mira exclaims and ditches the egos cardboard version of love...

What are you really after?

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Doodle Notes 2022

When you let the world dictate your life, it goes full steam ahead without asking for your opinions (but weighing tons on your shoulders...).

But when you are in charge of your own life, you can take it at your pace!

And I think the world will enjoy that, too!

Who do you listen to?

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Doodle Notes 2023

"It's me I've been waiting for!" Mira declares.

Do not wait for the world to give you a permission, it's quite comfortable on your piggyback!

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Doodle Notes 2024

"I'll take this with that on the side, please," Mira makes her order and her heart confirms "That's an excellent choice!" as she takes the order.

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Doodle Notes 2025

"It just keeps coming," Mira is fascinated by how love expands when it's shared.

"And there's so much more where that comes from!" her heart rejoices.

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Doodle Notes 2026

This one I have already shared earlier this year, but it never grows old. How many are the times that I have caught myself being too serious, and then just doodled Mira laughing her heart out...

What makes you roll on the floor laughing?

The Four Phases of Creativity

My farmer grandma lived her life by the ancient wisdom of the power of nature and taught me early on that “seeds need to be planted on the Waxing Moon or otherwise they won’t make strong roots”.

I didn’t yet get curious then, although had always done what she suggested without questioning it.

About a decade ago I joined a women’s moon circle ran by my yoga teacher and was introduced to the different powers of the moon phases… That's when I started consciously exploring how they applied into my life.

A couple years later, I joined an international online community of women entrepreneurs and got to implement this knowledge not only for the body, but my business too. I realized how spiritually interwoven Nature’s wisdom and creating art was.

My breakthrough into having my life flow with more ease came from connecting the dots between having the ancient wisdom of my maternal lineage running in my veins and how my creativity as an artist flow in phases too, and how embracing the wisdom truly helps.

Now my dreams can grow sturdy roots and carry delicious fruit!

In THE FOUR PHASES OF CREATIVITY, I’ve gathered and illustrated this wisdom in an easy-to-digest delightful way with Mira and her heart helping you out and over every bump on a creative path too!

One step at a time does it!

Artist, Illustrator, Author & Life Coach. Turning struggles into loving laughter with her illustrations. Creator of Mira(cle)Doodles.

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