Welcome to October and our second month of exploring the colours of artistry! 🌟
This month’s colour is ORANGE—the colour of optimism, independence, adventure, creativity, and fun.
You’ve already completed your first month of daily practice—amazing work! You’re beginning to see and feel the benefits of showing up consistently for your art. Now, as we step into a new month, let’s lean into the playful, adventurous, and creative energy of orange.
This Week’s Focus Word: Optimistic
Our challenge this week is to adopt a positive growth mindset.
Research shows that individuals with a positive growth mindset believe their skills can be developed and strengthened through effort, opportunity, curiosity, and support. People who approach life this way not only accomplish more, but they also experience greater joy, fulfillment, and meaning.
The arts are a powerful path toward cultivating this kind of optimism. Every note, every vocal line, every phrase you sing is an opportunity to remind yourself that growth is possible, progress is real, and creativity is endless.
Your Creative Sunrise 🌅
Imagine your artistic journey as watching the sunrise.
At first, the sky is dark and quiet. You show up, waiting in anticipation. Slowly, hints of colour appear—soft pinks, glowing golds, and brilliant oranges. Each moment feels small, but together they build into something breathtaking.
Your practice is the same. Each day you return to your art, you add another ray of light. Optimism is what allows you to trust that, even on the cloudy days, the sun always rises. Your growth is unfolding, one bright layer at a time.
This Week, Reflect on These Mindset Shifts:
- Decide to COMMIT and INVEST in yourself.
- Prioritize your artistic goals.
- TRUST yourself.
- BELIEVE that with effort, strategy, support, and consistency—you can achieve your goals.
- Remember your abilities are boundless.
- Choose progress over perfection – always!
- Tackle new goals slowly and simply.
- Adopt persistence when challenges arise.
- REFLECT often on your goals, your progress, and your successes.
Each time you return to your voice and your art with optimism, you are building a deep reservoir of self-trust, courage, resilience, and joy. This is a reservoir you’ll draw on not only in music or art, but in every part of your life.
So this week, embrace the colour orange—bright, adventurous, and creative. Let your artistic sunrise remind you that every effort brings light, energy, and new possibility.
Keep singing,
Andrea “forever chasing sunrises” Donais