There’s nothing quite like plunging your hands into a big gooey mess of dough and moving them around a bit.

Rye sourdough bread. Very messy fun.

I made a batch last night and, whilst I was bringing it together and getting flour all over the floor, it got me thinking and making connections in the way that making things always does.

I started to think just how good it is to make something new, to experiment with paint, with dough, with words and that it’s so helpful for me to remember to do it more.

It’s so easy for things to get narrowed down to what you see right in front of you. When you remember to shift into doing something different, there are amazing insights to be had. I often feel my entire body change, let go a little, making room for the ideas to flow in.

We do sometimes need a bit of a nudge to do something new though, don’t we? And so I was wondering…

What if we were to have a great big, juicy  Creative Love-In, right here on this blog?

What if we were to make some new things – experimenting, rolling up our sleeves, making a mess, making (erm, are we allowed?) mistakes, getting dirty, playing around?

It wouldn’t need to be a big extravagant canvas or a finished poem – although that would be fantastic. It could be something very small  – a pen-sketch, a scribble, a very delectable and innovative sandwich – and still be so important.

And just look at what Adele in Finland is making over here.

What if I were to keep telling you about what I make and you could tell me all about what you make, right here in the Comments? And we could keep it going for the next week or so…

Are you in?