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Living a creative life is the art of looking for POSSIBILITIES--not simply what is, but what can be. From that we must determine what creativity means to us, it will be different to each of us, it may change over time. Each of us has the ability to be creative—even the most left brained of us, it simply materializes differently.
But sometimes, like most of us I feel my creative energy lagging. I lose my confidence in believing that I have any creative sense and my life and surroundings are dull and colorless. It was here that I initiated keeping a journal, and it is something I suggest each of you to do.
What I often found at my lowest points of creativity, in my home, in my studio, or in my job—I was still able to keep journal. Some days the pages with merely notes, vague ideas, lists of what I wanted to accomplish. At other times images would show up on the page. Fragments of inspiration harvested from everyday life. Ultimately, before beating myself up too badly for slacking off and appearing to have abandoned my studio, I’d find my creative energy on the pages of my journal.
It was often from here that I would gain enough momentum to get back into the studio and on to my next project. The hardest part—as well as the easiest, since they are of then one in the same—is the ACT OF DOING. Getting our hands dirty; be it bread crumbs from cooking or paint from painting. We are often afraid of failing, afraid our reality will pale by comparison, so that we paralyze ourselves into not doing anything at all.
And this brings me to a final point: INERTIA and perhaps her cousin MOMENTUM. I know these two houseguests of mine very well. For one often overstays her welcome, she keeps me on the couch; she keeps me from doing the creative work I want to be doing. While the others visits are usually brief and never often enough. She allows bursts of spirit and energy, but often leaving me flat without warning. -Laura LoTurco-Gorian |
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