Another Saturday morning — another chance to dip into the Creativity well. Although these past few weeks the well has run dry.
I know that inspiration is a circular thing. Kind of like mood swings. Or menopause.
I digress.
Do you ever get into a creative lull? A gap in energy, insight and enthusiasm? I’m certain many of us do. One time or another. And with Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, there is often more important things to “get creative” with.
I’ve been on the slow-moving-switch-to-Christmas-decorating bandwagon lately. I have been sending messages to my subconscious asking it to start working on a Christmas decorating theme for this year.
Nowhere in my chilly outside future are there thoughts of painting, Angel Tears, or coloring Mandalas with fine tipped pens.
Yet, cleaning up and out my library/craft room, I felt a tingle of excitement putting away my coloring books and crystal tear drops.
That’s why I know that it won’t be long until I undertake my Creativity journey once again.
Perhaps we all need time off for side trips — Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas concerts. Visiting family members and friends. Having a hot chocolate with exercise buddies or brunch with cousins. Spending a quiet evening with someone special.
If you feel like you’ve lost it, you haven’t. Not in the least.
Take a bit of time to re-energize your aura.
Creative people are so from birth. You can never lose what will always be a part of you.
Love it!
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Super! Thank you!!
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I appreciate you sharing where you are and the journey you’re on! I think that it’s way too easy to judge ourselves entirely too harshly.
Everyone is creative, each in their own way, and that presentation of creativity presents itself differently in different seasons.
Just because you don’t find yourself creating in the way you “expect” to, don’t sell your creativity short, celebrate the ways you still create, dream, and iterate i all areas of your life!
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Yes Yes!! And one does not have to be a Rembrandt to enjoy and explore the world of painting. It’s the PROCESS that gives you that creative high. You can’t enjoy the ride if you never step into the car.
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to me, being creative is to solve interesting problems. a skill anyone can develop.
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Absolutely! Some problems are easily solvable because they’re old favorites, others more complicated because you love the idea and have to learn more about it. Just don’t give up if you really love the idea.
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Thank you for this encouraging post. I appreciate that you send messages to your subconscious. ❤
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Thank you! I know I’ve suffered from lagging to almost non-existence creative energy, which sometimes worries me, but there’s always that little flame burning steadily, waiting for the next flare-up. While I’m at a low, I still send creative ideas to my subconscious — it holds an amazing pile of creative “stuff”!
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Thanks for the reminder about the nature of creativity. Mine’s pretty juicy at the moment. The biggest challenge I face is getting my skills to catch up with my ambitions.
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I LOVE when I feel that way!! My highs come and go, but when the excitement hits the ceiling I love bursting through! We can take a break together later…..
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Good plan.
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That’s made me feel a lot better! I hadn’t thought of creativity as cyclical, but it makes sense, and it’s good to know that the dry times will pass. Thank you. 🙂
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Especially when we have such fun stuff waiting for us to return!
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A good reminder that creativity comes and goes but always returns.
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Always! That creative little gears are always working on SOMETHING!
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Yes, I’ve been in a lull. And you’re right: “Perhaps we all need time off for side trips —-” Just gets a little bumpy on this road sometimes. Need to get back on track. Thanks for the encouragement.
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We’re always so hard on ourselves, too. Like shame on me for copping out because of being tired, busy with house chores, or not interested in doing “what we love,” I find I always come back. Don’t you?
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Yup!
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