Creating
Towards this end, the creative process is both a form of release, offering us a way to clear out what has accumulated (psychically, spiritually), and a practice of cultivation, offering us a way to touch and to tend to our own inner radiance.
Adina Allen • The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
Creating art is about being vulnerable enough to invite people to spend time in your skin.
Annabel Monaghan • Same Time Next Summer
I don’t wish you certainty. I don’t wish you answers or a perfectly mapped direction.
I wish you the ability to stay in a loving relationship with yourself.
May this be a year where you stop searching for what you assume is missing and begin to notice what has been quietly persisting.... See more
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Them: No one reads anymore. Me, all winter:
threads.comThe creative process utilizes whatever materials we have at our disposal to keep our hands busy so that challenging ideas and emotions have a chance to burn, churn, and turn into something else — clarity, new conceptions, or compassionate action.
Adina Allen • The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
Creation requires presence through a return to ourselves. It demands that we show up fully, aware of both our intention and the mystery of what wants to emerge through us. This is why creation feels sacred, because it is.
As time goes on, and responsibilities increase, the demand for security, financial stability, and safety rises, and we start to... See more
As time goes on, and responsibilities increase, the demand for security, financial stability, and safety rises, and we start to... See more
The Creative Spark
A writer also needs room to wander. You need time to notice things, talk to people, and follow small ideas that might turn into bigger ones. A lot of “writing” (meaning mental effort that you will put on the page later) happens in the space between tasks, when you are not sure you are even working.
