Creativity- The Spark of Life

Creating that which did not previously exist makes something new and special of each moment of our lives.

All of us have creativity within us and can do whatever we choose to create our own masterpiece. Our lives are a blank canvass just waiting for us to create our own unique and glorious adventure upon them. 

Are we bold enough? Willing to take the risk? Listen to your inner voice, welcome change - change breeds creativity. Trust your own abilities and believe in yourself. Don’t let your judgment self block you. 

Many of life’s efforts and activities are true creativity including careers, hobbies, and just living life. It’s all in how we do it. Often, it’s easiest to be creative if what we’re doing is fun and exciting. Creating anything usually gives us great satisfaction.

Often, very small and insignificant events can trigger great creativity- just seeing or hearing or smelling something can start the flow. Being very relaxed and removing ourselves from our day-to-day environment and cares can open us up to new ideas and creative thoughts. We need to be like a child and look at the world with wonder and excitement, look for the beauty in everything and dream- night and day.

Inspiration for creative endeavors comes from many sources, but it’s always there. Nothing is really new- all knowledge has always existed and continues to exist. We are all connected to the Universal Consciousness and can tap into it any time we want. Mostly, creative inspiration comes to us when our conscious mind is relaxed, like taking a shower, just waking up, or doing mindless activities. 

We need to grab it before it floats on by, capture it before we lose it. Then the challenge is to put it into the physical world. Inspired, creative people all say: it just poured out. Once you feel the flow and start to create something, it’s hard to stop. If you let it, it just keeps coming, so avoid interruptions, let the flow sweep you away into your creative universe.

Reponding to the inspiration and creating something from it usually involves hard work, and we need to do the work to make the idea reality. The blank canvass can also be scary. What if I fail? What if no one buys it/likes it/ comes to see it, etc.? Will all my work be a waste? Consider your own personal satisfaction and enjoyment derived from the process of creation and what you learned by doing it. The work/process can also be very therapeutic. Just doing it for ourselves is wonderful. 

What would the world be without creativity? Consider having no music, art, stories, books, dancing, inventions, techniques, recipes and so much more. The new is always being created and is always making our lives and our world exciting. Even prehistoric peoples drew on cave walls and expressed themselves through music and dance. 

How does our creativity impact us, our offspring and others? What’s the difference between creative work for money or for personal satisfaction? Our works do live on after us and can grow and enrich others and stimulate creativity in others who can step in and go on from where we left off. 

Our talents lead us into and enable our creativities. Feelings of satisfaction change our energy and our cells and make us more alive. William James said- “The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast us.”

A simple life can leave us open to time and energy for creativity. Every child is born an artist. By keeping our lives simple and open, like a child, and making our creative endeavors a priority, the time and the inspiration and the ideas will come to us. We do have all the time we need to do what we want to do and what is fun and fulfilling. 

Fred Richter 8/12/12