Find you in creativity

🎨 Creativity for connection, presence & wellbeing

Having a creative outlet is good for the soul. You don’t need to create something polished or purposeful — the act of creating itself can be grounding, restorative and quietly joyful.

Creativity invites us to slow down, to notice, and to reconnect with parts of ourselves that often get lost in busy, responsible lives.

🌸 Creativity as a Wellbeing Practice

Creativity isn’t about being “good at something”. It’s about presence.

When we make space for creative expression, we offer ourselves:

🌸 A pause from doing and producing

🌸 A way to process thoughts and emotions

🌸 A gentle return to curiosity and play

Creative practices can help calm the nervous system, reduce stress, and reconnect us with what feels meaningful — without pressure or expectation.

📷 Photography: Presence, Noticing & Fine Art Expression

Photography is one of the ways I reconnect with myself creatively, and I’m drawn in particular to fine art photography as a source of enjoyment, meaning and calm.

For me, fine art photography is not about striving for perfection or external validation. It’s about intentional seeing — slowing down enough to notice light, form, texture and mood, and allowing those moments to be expressed visually. The process itself becomes a quiet pause from the busyness of everyday life.

This way of creating supports wellbeing by inviting:

📷 Presence and focused attention

📷 Appreciation of beauty in simplicity

📷 Creative expression without urgency

📷 Space to reflect and feel rather than rush or fix

Photography becomes a kind of visual journalling — a record of what draws my eye, what feels grounding, and what helps me pause. Sometimes it’s playful, sometimes thoughtful and deliberate. Both have a place here.

You don’t need specialist equipment to explore this way of seeing. A phone or camera can simply become a tool for noticing what captures your attention in the moment.

I share my photography not as something to aspire to, but as an invitation to slow down and see the world with a little more intention.

💛 A Visual Expression of My Creative Practice

If you’d like to explore this visually, you’re very welcome to browse my photography.

👉 View my photography portfolio:

https://findthejoy.myportfolio.com/work

This is a small, curated collection of images that reflect my fine art photography practice — moments of stillness, light, nature and everyday beauty that help me reconnect and create space.

👉 Explore my ongoing photography on Flickr: