Creativity demands constant massive purges of all yesterday's news.
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"Good morning and welcome to planet Earth! There is a source of light and warmth up there, on the blue canvas above your head. We call it Sun. The green carpet beneath your feet is a plant we call grass. Sounds you hear all around are made by birds and insects.
Enjoy your exploration and be sure to note all your discoveries solely for sharing them with someone you befriend."
I like this approach to life. It never failed to provide enchantment. The little moments, the indescribable beauty, the fragrant freshness. A state of intense conscious observation, questions inducing.
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What is creativity?
Creativity is creating.
What is creating?
Creating is making something new, something that hasn't been done before.
How is creating done?
First, you must be clean and clear. Next, you observe the world around you. You pick one or two elements that make your heart sing. These will stimulate inspiration.
What is inspiration?
Inspiration is the unending source for new information.
What happens next?
Next, your clean and clear brain will translate inspired information in whatever form prefers: making a shape, making colors, making words, making music, making dance, ...
What happens with created creations?
That is not creator's business. His or her reason for being alive is solely to translate inspiration. This process is their happiness.
How can we compensate creators for their work of bringing us new useful creations?
You may wholeheartedly thank them.
What about money? Don't they need money or food or stuff?
Money is for survival mode only. Stuff get in the way. Food grows everywhere.
What is survival mode?
One day, a man had the idea of becoming self providing and sufficient for himself. He wanted to create his own inspiration. Although in time he invented many increasingly intelligent tools to make his life easier, he is still worried about food and safety. He invented his own food and he invented his own safety and his own entertainment. But it turned out it was not not easy nor sustainable nor satisfying to produce that kind of food, safety and entertainment.
Can any man return back to creation mode?
Only if he wills with all his heart.
How can he do that?
Little by little, he may retrain his mind back into creation mode. He may take the time he spends on entertainment and spend it instead on creative activities. To start, by simply cleaning his mind and resting a lot. Next, inspiration will take over and teach him what to do.
by Andreea Garden, author of Theo and Mira & theoandmira.com
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