Writing these Daily Reminders has given me much deeper insight into the realm of creativity. It’s been quite wonderful… and eye-opening for me, too. It’s really helped me to get a feel for how creativity works; what’s important, and how it works.
…is an insight that has steadily grown on me over the last (almost) three months of writing.
You see, I’ll go for days without inspiration.
(Coincidentally, those are the days when I find my self thinking about itself and its problems quite a lot - I wonder if there could be any link??? 🧐🤔)
Anyway… days pass, seemingly without creativity.
My mind observes the ideas list I keep and sees that nothing has been added to it.
And it starts losing its sh*t.
📦🗣️: “Oh dear. I’ve made a grave error. I’m actually contemplating basing the foundations of my business on doing what I love most—writing—and look, I’ve already completely drained the well of creativity! Oh no!!!” 😫😱
Then another day, with no warning, I find my self and the problems it creates remarkably absent.
And all of a sudden it’s like that bit in the Two Towers where the Ents pull down the dam that Saruman—himself a metaphor for the left brain (watch the DVD extras, you’ll find out for yourself)—has created above Orthanc… and all hell lets loose:
Creativity, unleashed 🌊
The ends of my fingers are smoking, such is the ferocity with which I’m typing. Everywhere I look, every conversation I have, every social media post I see, every comment made, every lyric I hear, every musical refrain, every thing I do, every tree, every object… EVERYWHERE!! … there’s evidence of Innate Health and creativity (and what gets in the way of them).
(When this last happened, I was preparing food, and it just sat there going cold. Every time I went back to it, I’d have another idea! 😆)
Creativity is infinite and endless and if I catch any of you saying (or thinking, as you read this) “Oh, I’m just not creative” I want you to imagine me reaching out of the screen and giving you a swift, loving slap around the chops.
🚫 Stop it!
🚫 Stop stopping creativity!!
🚫 Stop stemming its tide with your incessant thinking!!!
I love you and I want you to be bringing your gifts into the world.
💟
Giles
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