THE NATURAL CREATIVITY APPROACH™ / BY TYE JOHNSON
Find your element
and love it deeply
The Natural Creativity Approach™ guides you from heartache through an art break, connecting personal wellbeing with collective possibility. Through creativity and art play, we find ways to navigate life’s ups and downs, nurture the creator inside of us, and imagine a world shaped by more of our voices.
I bring the five senses, the Five Elements, and everyday artmaking together to help you reconnect with your creative spirit. We notice, explore, and return with tenderness—at your own pace.
Explore my approach Get the free creative companion an invitation to open your heart.
a little vulnerability.
a little room to grow.
A LITTLE PRACTICE. A NEW POSSIBILITY.
YOUR FREE CREATIVE COMPANION
Take a little
possibility with you.
A practical way to access your creativity, wherever you are. Notice with your senses, choose an element, make something, and imagine a next step for yourself and the world we share.
- Five element art prompts to spark your creative voice
- 24 journal prompts to build a relationship with the elements, yourself, art materials, and your senses
- A gentle practice for life’s ups and downs
- Space to write, type, and imagine what comes next
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MY APPROACH TO CREATIVE WELLBEING
The Natural
Creativity Approach™.
My approach makes room for expression, care, and possibility through creativity and art play. I begin with nature and the senses, use the Five Elements as invitations to explore, and nurture a caring relationship with yourself and the creator inside of you. What helps us move through change can also help us imagine change for the world around us.
The power of rest.
This approach is not about doing more or adding to your plate. There is no creative productivity goal to meet. Flowing with your creativity can be a reset button: a gentle way to pause, notice what you need, and support self-regulation.
Follow your energy. Make a few marks, linger with a material, or simply rest and notice. You can stop, return, or let the moment be enough. Rest is part of the practice.
These three threads weave together. You can begin with whichever feels most inviting today and return as your needs change.
01 / CONNECT WITH YOUR SENSES
Come to your senses.
Create from the heART.
We don’t have to fear AI to value our own creative voice. Our lived experience, senses, relationships, and care bring balance to what we create and how we use technology. Step outside. Notice what stirs you. Let nature and your available senses lead you into art that carries your own color, stories, and spirit.
Here, creativity begins with relationship: with yourself, your senses, your imagination, the elements, and the materials in your hands. We listen, make time, and let trust grow through practice.
- 01 / SIGHT
Follow a leaf’s lines.
- 02 / SOUND
Draw the rhythm of rain.
- 03 / TOUCH
Let texture guide a mark.
- 04 / SCENT
Paint a memory of the garden.
- 05 / TASTE
Sip tea; choose its colors.
02 / EXPLORE THROUGH THE FIVE ELEMENTS
What’s calling you today?
Let nature be your starting point.
Choose an element. See where it takes you.
AIR / A LITTLE ROOM TO BREATHE
Make space for
what’s possible.
When your mind feels full, begin with curiosity. Air invites a fresh perspective, a lighter mark, and permission to start without a plan.
There’s no right element to choose. Every experience weaves all five together.
FROM TYE’S ARTIST STATEMENT / LOVE IS MESSY… LET GO…
“Learning that it’s okay to be vulnerable and to allow someone else to be your strength at times…”Explore the Water collections
PUT THE APPROACH INTO PRACTICE
Creatitations™
Creative meditations. A little space to sense, make, and be.
Let artmaking be your meditation. These short guided videos invite you to connect with your senses, explore an element, and build a relationship with your art materials through the Natural Creativity Approach™.
Gather simple materials, follow your curiosity, and create at your own pace. No art experience or finished piece required.
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03 / NURTURE YOUR CREATIVE RELATIONSHIP
Meet creativity
like a lover.
Make time for it. Learn what delights you. Arrive with tenderness, follow your curiosity, and leave room to be surprised. Let the process become an exchange: you bring your attention; the art offers something to notice, feel, and respond to.
A little attention.
A deeper connection.
With yourself
Ask, “What do I need today?” Let your energy and emotions help set the pace.
With your senses
Get to know your own ways of seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. Notice what feels nourishing, and follow the senses available to you.
With your creativity
Make a date. Return with affection, play, and patience. Give your ideas time to change as you get to know them.
With the elements
Meet air, water, ether, fire, and earth as companions. Notice their rhythms in nature, in the studio, and in your own life.
With your materials
Learn a watercolor’s wander, clay’s weight, and paper’s grain. Try a lighter touch. Let the material invite your next move.
Relationship is part of the medicine.Here, medicine is a word for the care, trust, and connection we cultivate through creative practice. There is room for rest, for discovery, and for shaping a life that feels like your own.
Explore art & connectionThe roots of the Natural Creativity Approach™
Two sources of inspiration, woven into Tye’s own approach to sensory artmaking, nature, the Five Elements, and care through creative expression.
Sacred Woman by Queen Afua
Queen Afua’s work connects spiritual practice with care for the body, everyday spaces, relationships, and community. Its grounding in KMT teachings and ancestral connection invites reverence for the lives and stories we carry.
Explore the bookAwakening Creativity by Carrie Schmitt
Schmitt approaches creativity as a relationship to nurture with tenderness, joy, and reverence. That invitation to release perfectionism and make space for creative expression resonates with the spirit of this studio.
Explore the bookEXPLORE WITH ME
Create for you.
Imagine for us.
Give yourself space to pause, play, and create. Your next mark can be a way to understand your own life, share your voice, or imagine something better for your community. Begin with a small creative ritual, or explore guided workshops, group experiences, and one-to-one journeys with Tye through More heART Foundation.
These creative wellbeing experiences do not provide medical advice or replace therapy or medical care. When further support is needed, Tye will offer referrals to appropriate professionals. Read the care & support note.
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