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Creative Play: 365 ideas for Artist Dates and solo adventures
Adults need play, too. Especially creatives.
In my 30+ years as a journalist, I’ve interviewed countless creatives at the very top of their fields. As a magazine editor at The Face and The Observer, I’ve also collaborated with some of the world’s best writers, photographers, stylists and art directors.
In all that time, I’ve very rarely met a successful creative who isn’t playful, curious, willing to experiment (and fail).
When clients come to me for coaching because their career is stalled or they’re stuck on a project, play is often the answer.
Once they learn to play again, they lighten up. They spend less time numbing out in front of screens. The ideas and inspiration start flowing again. Most of all, they’re happier. And the work feels easier.
This book is for you Your creative work is feeling grey, uninspired, heavy and difficult.You’ve done Julia Cameron’s programme The Artist’s Way, but you’ve never made time for the Artist Dates (or couldn’t think what to do).You want to bring more playfulness into your life.You’ve lost touch with your creativity, and you want to come back to it.It’s been a long, long time since you’ve given yourself a break.This is not an AI-generated book.
It was crafted with love and care and draws on my own experiences of creative play, but also ideas shared by clients and interviewees over the years.
It’s the first in a series of Useful Little Books designed to help with creative process.
In my 30+ years as a journalist, I’ve interviewed countless creatives at the very top of their fields. As a magazine editor at The Face and The Observer, I’ve also collaborated with some of the world’s best writers, photographers, stylists and art directors.
In all that time, I’ve very rarely met a successful creative who isn’t playful, curious, willing to experiment (and fail).
When clients come to me for coaching because their career is stalled or they’re stuck on a project, play is often the answer.
Once they learn to play again, they lighten up. They spend less time numbing out in front of screens. The ideas and inspiration start flowing again. Most of all, they’re happier. And the work feels easier.
This book is for you Your creative work is feeling grey, uninspired, heavy and difficult.You’ve done Julia Cameron’s programme The Artist’s Way, but you’ve never made time for the Artist Dates (or couldn’t think what to do).You want to bring more playfulness into your life.You’ve lost touch with your creativity, and you want to come back to it.It’s been a long, long time since you’ve given yourself a break.This is not an AI-generated book.
It was crafted with love and care and draws on my own experiences of creative play, but also ideas shared by clients and interviewees over the years.
It’s the first in a series of Useful Little Books designed to help with creative process.
106 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 6, 2025
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About the author
Sheryl Garratt
15 books6 followersI started writing for NME when I was still at school, was music & clubs editor at the London listings magazine City Limits, and was editor of The Face magazine from 1989-95.
I later edited the Observer magazine, and have contributed to everyone from the Guardian, Times and Telegraph to Elle, Vanity Fair, GQ, Marie Claire, Red and Grazia.
I'm now a coaching helping creative professionals of all kinds get the success and life they want, making work they love.
I later edited the Observer magazine, and have contributed to everyone from the Guardian, Times and Telegraph to Elle, Vanity Fair, GQ, Marie Claire, Red and Grazia.
I'm now a coaching helping creative professionals of all kinds get the success and life they want, making work they love.
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