Thanks to Creativity!

Nature is all about creating and we are the recipients of it's amazing images. The beauty of snow on the hills transforms in the pink light of a sunset while the wind shifts from warmth to cold.

And the effortless process of all these effects, that can barely be captured in a photograph, is proof that being alive is the essence of creativity.

Nature never stops to question itself, it just keeps on creating, thriving, growing and dying. Yes, that is part of the creative process, letting go to make room for a new creation.

Trusting the visions that inspire us from our hearts is the authentic way of life.

When you create you are in the flow of life.

THE OYSTER AND THE PEARL: What Motivates Us To Create

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Lately, I’ve been thinking about what motivates us to create. I’ve been contemplating why some people can create works of great beauty under great duress. I’ve been wondering why sometimes you feel so motivated and other times you don’t want to do a thing. Recently, I’ve seen a tremendous amount of motivation for people to get involved in our government and creating new organizations and jobs. You’d think after all the disappointment and disillusionment that it would be just the opposite. Instead there is a renewal of energy and enthusiasm to create new ideas out of the old paradigms. Certainly the typical “struggling artist” is known for creating some of their most innovative work in turmoil when in better days their creations very often become mediocre or non-nonexistent.

So what is it about struggle that motivates and reaps its own rewards?

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SPINNING STRAW INTO GOLD: Creating From Nothing

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When I was a child I remember hearing the story of Rumpelstiltskin, a fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm. The gist of the story is that a young girl is forced to spin straw into gold for a king because of her bragging father. Of course she cannot, but a small man, perhaps a gnome like character, tells her he will spin the straw if she gives him first a necklace, then her ring and finally her first born child. The young girl marries the King because of her supposed special talent, becomes a Queen, and eventually gets out of the situation of having to give up her first born by guessing the small man’s name. And so the story goes.

I started thinking about “turning straw into gold” and what that means as a creative person. Often we feel as though we are working with straw or we have nothing to offer in our creative lives. That could symbolize a lack of ideas, tools, resources, or even emotional straw. So how do we spin our “straw” or creative energy into gold?

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CREATING A COUNTRY

The labor pains were intense on this baby but we delivered a new President, Barack Obama, and it was a better than expected delivery.

Whether you were on one side or the other of the election process, as a Creativity Coach, what I observed was the perfect circle of creation. A vision, the belief, a direction, the tools, the effort to make it happen, the constant attention to details, the intensive labor, the results, the celebration or bringing the creation to the public awareness.

Yes, we did create, collectively, a new work of art for our country. It sounds, looks, feels and moves like the spirit of freedom and unity. We had to imagine it could happen and believe in the ability for it to manifest, which is what many people did, together.

Let this be a reminder that the process of creation is within us all as individuals or as a group.
Let’s make sure we create what we want, need and what is best for all.