I have a tendency to want to know what is ahead of me in life. If I make this choice or that choice, what will the results be? I want to know what is ahead on my path so I can make good decisions today. That is my ego trying to control my destiny and forgetting there is something bigger at work in my life.
Those same thoughts are often in my head when I want to begin creating something. It is there that I get stuck. It is at that moment when those thoughts surface that I lose my creative side and I stagnate. Where I am at today on my path is where my choices lie, not ahead of me. Ahead of me is not known because what is ahead of me is based on the choices I make today in this moment. If I try to step ahead and look for where they will take me I get lost and have no results or very limited results.If I trust each day in the path that is in front of me and begin to look at what I find along the way in each moment, new ideas emerge that I never thought were possible. As I add the new that is discovered each moment along my path, ideas take on new magic and reflect more of what is possible.
The moment of now along our path is were our creativity lies. Each moment creates the path ahead. It is up to us to see what is in that moment and use it as inspiration. It is all around us and within us if we take the time to remember the moment of "now".
Letting our creativity in is a practice as artists we have to learn to do. It is a practice of the mind to let our creativity in. We have to learn to be in the moment to do it. If we are always looking into the future to get our next idea or to create our ideas, we never get to practice how to let our creativity in today. This practice is an art in itself and art is created from this practice. So take the first step on your path and practice creating something, anything today. Then and only then will you see where the path to creativity leads you.
2 comments:
I can completely understand what you mean Lynn. I don't believe my obstructions in my head are coming from the same place as yours, but I get something that - when I was drawing and painting a lot I'd call 'blanc paper fear'.
And making jewelry very often throws me the same curve ball. I have all these beautiful, artistic, lovely components in front of me and I am scared to death to put them together because I fear the failure. It's truly pathetic, and it takes some sort of a mental leap into a dark hole to get started.
Wow this article is so true! I start to get excited to start a new project and get ahead of myself. I tend to try to figure out how I can make the new craft into a business. I start planning the website, gather some design ideas, check out supply pricing, etc etc.... missing out on the real art which inspired me in the first place! I am going to read this article over and over until it sinks in. Thanks for sharing it!
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