States of Creativity
January 28, 2010
I can be in several different states of creativity:
- Creating: Feeling that something exciting is coming out through me, and though related to my intention, my vision, and my skill, is larger than me.
- Editing: Doing good — though perhaps not exciting — work, that ties together or refines what I’ve created. I’m using my skills, vision, perhaps even my imagination to see more.
- Marking time: Balancing my checkbook, and doing all those other things that are neither exciting and creativity nor so mindless as to be great for meditation.
- Using my other senses and muscles: Walking or shoveling snow, or doing exercises at the gym . . . doing out of mind things that are nourishing in other ways.
My challenge is to get enough of all of these (along with social life, worship, prayer, etc), keeping them all in balance. The words or definitions don’t really matter; balance does matter.
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