The Art of Observation: Finding Flow Through a Pet Watch the video below 🎥 I created this in TikTok using my poem “The Cat in the Cupboard”, from my book Step Into My Flow, with music from The Cat in the Hat film, based on the work of Dr. Seuss. 🎶🐈 The poem began simply by observing my pet. And this is your prompt: Choose a pet, animal, plant, or even a person you have around you. Instead of trying to write something, simply observe. Watch the little things. How do they move? What sounds do they make? What do they do when they think nobody is watching? Notice their rhythm, their pauses, their quirks and expressions. Stay with the observation for a few minutes. Then allow your attention to become your writing. Don't force a poem. Don't worry about rhyme, structure or whether it makes sense. Simply follow whatever begins to appear. You might write from the animal's perspective. You might describe what you see. You might discover a memory. You might notice something about yourself through watching them. 🎧 Optional: Put on some music while you observe. Let the rhythm influence your writing and see whether it helps you move into a deeper state of creative flow. Your challenge Observe. Listen. Feel. Write. What happens when you stop trying to create and simply become completely present with what is in front of you? Share whatever emerges below. It doesn't have to be polished. The observation itself is the practice. 🌿

I observe my thoughts I am the observer I control how fast they move I can quiet them down I can be peaceful Breathe deeply into the heart Intermittent silence I create much-needed interludes The body is relaxed How do you find calm? What’s your daily ritual to find peace and feel balanced? How do you step into your creative flow of balanced wellbeing? ✨ What helps you find your calm, your peace and your flow?

The Body Remembers Think about a poem you have performed, memorised or spoken aloud. Notice what your body remembers that your mind doesn't necessarily have to think about. Where do your hands move? Where does your breath change? Where does the rhythm carry you forward? Where do you pause? Where does your body already know what comes next? Now write a poem from that physical memory. Don't worry about making it perfectly grammatical or polished. Let the poem find its own rhythm through your breath, your hands, your mouth and your movement. Think about the poem as something somatic and unsomatic: What happens in the body? What happens beyond the body? What can you feel physically? What can you feel emotionally, energetically or intuitively? Let the structure of the poem become something you can almost move through. Write it once on the page. Then read it aloud. Notice where your body naturally wants to move, breathe, pause or repeat. Read it again and allow those movements to become part of the poem. The question isn't only: What does this poem say? It's also: How does my body know how to say it?

This image was shot on a Canon 550D with an f/1.8 lens. I love the rule of thirds here and the shallow depth of field. I love how poetry and photography can connect and provoke thought. An image can hold a feeling, a question, a memory or a whole story, before a single word has been written. What kind of poem or concept does this image provoke in you? I’d love to hear your poem below! 📸✨ Look at the image. Forget what you think you can see. What does it make you feel? What memory does it stir? What story is hiding in the silence? Let the image become your starting point. Write whatever comes. No rules. No right or wrong. Just follow the image and see where the words take you. #stepintoyourflow

I’ve been playing with mixing visuals, performance and thought in my poetry, and this one began with a very simple thought: Your hands. What do you remember about someone you loved? Their hands. Their touch. The way they moved. The little things they did without even thinking. Maybe it’s a love poem. Maybe it’s heartbreak. Maybe it’s both. So here’s your prompt: ❤️ YOUR HANDS Write a poem inspired by someone’s hands, touch, gestures, movements or the things you remember about them. It can be loved up, heartbroken, sensual, funny, nostalgic, angry, tender... whatever wants to come out. And don't overthink it. Let the words flow. I'd love to see what you create. ✍️✨ If you don't usually write love poems, give it a try! Here’s mine: