The Space to Create
Create an environment where you’re free to express
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Freedom as the Environment of Creation
“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor. 3:17).
That means when the Spirit is welcomed, the environment shifts. Freedom breaks off the tight grip of performance, striving, comparison, and fear.
Creating with the Spirit means the results don’t carry the scent of bondage—they carry the fragrance
These principles act as a soft manifesto for myself, and for anyone else who wants to be an artist practicing for softer reasons at softer paces in softer spaces:
- Can you afford to break down any barriers between your work and the audience? (monetary, language, accessibility, etc.)
- What can you gain, that is not money, from the work?
- Who, that is not