Creative Exercise: The Year-in-Colour Ritual
1. Watch the video with a notebook beside you
As you watch, notice the moments that make you nod, smile, or pause.
Write down three things that resonate — these will guide your reflection.
2. Create Your “Emotional Colour Board”
Open your entire folder of images from the year.
Scroll through them quickly, without analysing or judging.
Then choose 5–7 colours that keep appearing.
These may be dominant in your photos… or simply colours you keep noticing.
Assign each colour an emotion or state of mind.
For example:
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Gold — warmth, hope, connection
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Blue — calm, distance, quiet
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Pink — tenderness, playfulness
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Green — grounding, growth
Don’t overthink it — let the colours speak first.
3. The Gentle Blur Test
Pick three images that feel meaningful to you.
Now soften them — blur them in your editing software or just squint your eyes.
Ask yourself:
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What shape remains?
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What feeling survives the blur?
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Does the image still hold its power without detail?
This tells you something profound about your visual voice.
4. The Light That Found You
Gather 10–12 photos where the light made the image.
Not the subject. Not the composition.
Just the light.
Look at them together and ask:
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What kind of light kept appearing in my life?
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Was it gentle? Dramatic? Diffused? Unexpected?
This is your year’s “light story.”
5. Write Your One-Page Visual Manifesto
In your notebook, write one page beginning with:
“This year, my photography taught me…”
Let your thoughts flow. No rules, no critique.
Just allow your creative voice to emerge through words.
When you finish, underline one sentence —
the one that feels like a heartbeat.
This becomes your creative intention for the new year.
Why This Exercise Matters
Because impressionist photography is not just about capturing scenes —
it’s about capturing feeling, motion, colour, and the quiet truths of your year.
By looking back softly, you prepare yourself to move forward with clarity, intuition, and deeper creative purpose.
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