Posted by: Gayla on: August 25, 2009
“I couldn’t paint a picture to save my life!”
Sound familiar? I’ve heard far too many people disparage their innate creativity this way, haven’t you? It’s as if putting paint to canvas is the only measure of creativity there is.
Don’t get me wrong, I certainly admire the obvious creativity of visual artists in every medium. But I’ve also seen “art ingénues” pick up a paintbrush and produce beautiful pictures that no one else could have created but them. They may even surprise and delight themselves – if they are able to accept the evidence that they are, indeed, creative!
Are YOU creative? Delete that question.
The real question is: “HOW are you creative?”
There are many ways people create. One we all share is the way that we uniquely create our experience of life everyday. This is evident in where you go (or don’t go), what you choose to do, what you habitually think, how you feel, the way you react to people and situations, where you focus (past, present or future), and much, much more. There is a HUGE canvas of creativity open to you each day and night of your life – and you’re selecting which paintbrush to use!
How’s it working for you now?
Posted by: Gayla on: July 21, 2009
Creativity is rising. You may already feel it within and around you, but if you don’t yet, you soon will.
What we have known in the past is rapidly iminishing, disbanding, reassembling. It’s as though a creative vapor has spread out over the landscape and is blurring the view of where and how we thought our lives were anchored. This blog will explore the creativity in you and me as it rises to lead us forward in our uniquely creative journeys through continual transition.
