If productivity narrows our days, creativity expands them. Creativity doesn’t follow a plan but has its own ebb and flow. Instead of confining a day to doing, it enlivens us to the ways we can do it differently. Creativity can be the antidote to the anxiety, guilt, and shame we can encounter because it responds to what arises in our day rather than prescribes it. The creative process itself reflects this. In his book The Art of Thought, British psychologist Graham Wallas outlined the four stages of the creative process. There’s the preparation stage, where we gather inspiration and research;
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