Creative flow, that is.
A few nights ago, I was on the TED Conference website and came across Elizabeth Gilbert (author of "Eat Pray Love") talking about living a creative life. It was inspiring, funny, moving and one of the clearest expressions of what it feels like to have inspiration and not have inspiration. I'm including the link below and I urge everyone (especially those of you struggling to live a creative life) to watch this, I think you'll find some valuable perspective on why we continue to do this!
It got me thinking about what MY creative process feels like (I know it's probably different to anyone else's). I, too have had my "brushes against the 'Divine.'" There are times as I am painting that I feel as if time stands still and the brush in my hand is being controlled by someone else. I take a step back and look at what I've done and I don't really remember doing it. Something is flowing through me from somewhere else. That's my "flow," and I'm just the open pipe. It doesn't always happen this way and a lot of the time it's just a slog but when it does happen -- it's pure ecstasy! When it does happen, I keep saying over and over , "Yes, I know, I know -- this is what I'm supposed to do -- just let me keep doing it!"
Keep your art pipes open!
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