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Developing and Defining Your Creative Idea Exercise: Getting To Know Yourself

Better understanding yourself as a person, what drives and motivates you, your hopes and dreams, strengths and weaknesses, will help you define your creative idea. It will steer you to an idea that makes you happy and fulfilled and fits with your life, your goals and your aspirations.  

Below are some prompts for you to explore to help you make the right decisions for you. Not just the easy or expected choices, but ones that really make you come alive and help you create the life that you really want.

  • Are you living the life that you want?
  • If not, what do you need to change?
  • What is your dream life and lifestyle?
  • Are you earning the money you need to live your dream life?
  • What do you think are your strengths?
  • What do you think you could work on?
  • What skills would you like to develop?
  • How would you like to challenge yourself?
  • How would you like to challenge yourself?
  • What would you most like to achieve in life?
  • What do you most like to do?
  • What makes you come alive?
  • If you were to look back on your life, what would you most regret not doing?

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Developing and Defining Your Creative Idea Exercise: Getting To Know Yourself

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Wednesday Workspace. Working from our Hill St studios today. A lovely cosy oasis of calm away from all the Christmas hustle and bustle

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Nov 29

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Wednesday Workspace. Working from our Hill St studios today. A lovely cosy oasis of calm away from all the Christmas hustle and bustle #creativeworkspace #creativehub #studiospace #belfastcitycentre #belfastcathedralquarter

Last chance to sign up to attend our Autumn creative talks and meetup tomorrow evening at 8pm in our Malone studios

Just a few tickets left:

https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/

Nov 21

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Last chance to sign up to attend our Autumn creative talks and meetup tomorrow evening at 8pm in our Malone studios Just a few tickets left: https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/

Join us for a drink and to meet and hear from some amazing local creatives at our Autumn meet this Wednesday

https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/

Nov 20

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Join us for a drink and to meet and hear from some amazing local creatives at our Autumn meet this Wednesday https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/

Our next Blick Animation Club event is on Sat 2nd December in our Malone Studios

These mini animation master classes by Can Do Academy are a great introduction for children to the colourful world of Lego animation!

The workshop will allow participants to make a complete animated Lego film on an iPad, using sound effects, visual effects, titles and lots of imagination!

Your child will learn to use special iPad apps and they will receive a copy of their film at the end of the session! They can bring their own Lego characters or use the ones supplied by us.

More info at candoacademy.co.uk

Please note that these workshops are suitable for children aged 7+

Event Date(s): December 2, 2023

Event Time: 2pm – 4pm

Location: Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road Belfast BT9 6RY

Cost: £17 + Booking Fee

Book through our website (link in profile)

Nov 5

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Our next Blick Animation Club event is on Sat 2nd December in our Malone Studios These mini animation master classes by Can Do Academy are a great introduction for children to the colourful world of Lego animation! The workshop will allow participants to make a complete animated Lego film on an iPad, using sound effects, visual effects, titles and lots of imagination! Your child will learn to use special iPad apps and they will receive a copy of their film at the end of the session! They can bring their own Lego characters or use the ones supplied by us. More info at candoacademy.co.uk Please note that these workshops are suitable for children aged 7+ Event Date(s): December 2, 2023 Event Time: 2pm – 4pm Location: Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road Belfast BT9 6RY Cost: £17 + Booking Fee Book through our website (link in profile)

Here`s the first exercise from our new resources for creatives section on our website for anyone who missed it last week and wants to spend sometime reflecting on their creative idea and what they hope to experience and achieve!

Developing and Defining Your Creative Idea Exercise: Getting To Know Yourself

The first exercise on our new resources for creatives section on our website is a lovely activity for a Sunday afternoon or evening.

Perfect for some gentle reflection it`s all about getting to know yourself to help you to define and develop your creative idea.

Better understanding yourself as a person, what drives and motivates you, your hopes and dreams, strengths and weaknesses, will help you define your creative idea. It will steer you to an idea that makes you happy and fulfilled and fits with your life, your goals and your aspirations.

Below are some prompts for you to explore to help you make the right decisions for you. Not just the easy or expected choices, but ones that really make you come alive and help you create the life that you really want.

- Are you living the life that you want?
- If not, what do you need to change?
- What is your dream life and lifestyle?
- Are you earning the money you need to live your dream life?
- What do you think are your strengths?
- What do you think you could work on?
- What skills would you like to develop?
- How would you like to challenge yourself?
- How would you like to challenge yourself?
- What would you most like to achieve in life?
- What do you most like to do?
- What makes you come alive?
- If you were to look back on your life, what would you most regret not doing?

You can also download the exercise as a PDF or Word document from our website (link in profile)

Nov 5

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Here's the first exercise from our new resources for creatives section on our website for anyone who missed it last week and wants to spend sometime reflecting on their creative idea and what they hope to experience and achieve! Developing and Defining Your Creative Idea Exercise: Getting To Know Yourself The first exercise on our new resources for creatives section on our website is a lovely activity for a Sunday afternoon or evening. Perfect for some gentle reflection it's all about getting to know yourself to help you to define and develop your creative idea. Better understanding yourself as a person, what drives and motivates you, your hopes and dreams, strengths and weaknesses, will help you define your creative idea. It will steer you to an idea that makes you happy and fulfilled and fits with your life, your goals and your aspirations. Below are some prompts for you to explore to help you make the right decisions for you. Not just the easy or expected choices, but ones that really make you come alive and help you create the life that you really want. - Are you living the life that you want? - If not, what do you need to change? - What is your dream life and lifestyle? - Are you earning the money you need to live your dream life? - What do you think are your strengths? - What do you think you could work on? - What skills would you like to develop? - How would you like to challenge yourself? - How would you like to challenge yourself? - What would you most like to achieve in life? - What do you most like to do? - What makes you come alive? - If you were to look back on your life, what would you most regret not doing? You can also download the exercise as a PDF or Word document from our website (link in profile)

Here`s another reminder of our Creative Roundup of upcoming events, opportunities, funding and support for creatives

Full listings including links on our blog: https://blickstudios.org/blog/11591/ or find the link in our profile

Oct 31

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Here's another reminder of our Creative Roundup of upcoming events, opportunities, funding and support for creatives Full listings including links on our blog: https://blickstudios.org/blog/11591/ or find the link in our profile

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Autumn get-together for creatives to gain inspiration and connect with other like-minded creatives

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An informal Autumn get-together for creatives in Belfast. Featuring 2 local creatives sharing their creative journeys and talking about perfectionism and their creative work. They will each share their creative journeys and talk about how they deal with perfectionism and explore the role of perfectionim within their creative practice and how they have learnt to move past perfectionism to bring their creative ideas to life.

Speakers to be announced shortly!

Event Date(s): November 22, 2023

Event Time: 8.00pm

Location: Blick Shared Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6RY

Cost: Free

Book tickets on our website (link in profile) or visit: https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/#booking

Oct 25

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- -  B L I C K    A U T U M N    M E E T  - - Autumn get-together for creatives to gain inspiration and connect with other like-minded creatives - - - - - - - - - - - An informal Autumn get-together for creatives in Belfast. Featuring 2 local creatives sharing their creative journeys and talking about perfectionism and their creative work. They will each share their creative journeys and talk about how they deal with perfectionism and explore the role of perfectionim within their creative practice and how they have learnt to move past perfectionism to bring their creative ideas to life. Speakers to be announced shortly! Event Date(s): November 22, 2023 Event Time: 8.00pm Location: Blick Shared Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6RY Cost: Free Book tickets on our website (link in profile) or visit: https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-autumn-meet/#booking

Delighted and relieved to have recently finished our updated website and made it live. It took a while to put together all the copy, but we are really pleased with the end result and the options it gives us for sharing content now and in the future. Making our website a useful resource for creatives starting out as well as for promoting our organisation and the services we offer.

https://blickstudios.org/

Oct 17

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Delighted and relieved to have recently finished our updated website and made it live. It took a while to put together all the copy, but we are really pleased with the end result and the options it gives us for sharing content now and in the future. Making our website a useful resource for creatives starting out as well as for promoting our organisation and the services we offer. https://blickstudios.org/