Creativity

Creativity is a funny thing. It can be as ethereal as vapor or burning bright as a bonfire. When we need it most, it can be elusive as a ghostie in a darkened room. But it often hits us full force when we least expect it...and those times may not always be the most favorable for taking advantage of our inspired visions. If you've ever been at your "real" job and surrounded by co-workers and duties that need your attention and yet, suddenly, you are hit by a thought of such creative clarity that your skin actually ITCHES to find paint and brush or clay and carving tools or paper and glue....then you have experienced firsthand the terrible chaos that can fill a soul torn by conflicting responsibilities. Must work...but MUST create. What to do?

The next best thing to jumping in to your creative vision with both feet is to take a deep breath and grab a pad of paper to desperately scribble the outline of your idea before you lose it. My purse and pockets are filled with scraps of paper upon which bizarre diagrams and hastily sketched images clamor for my future attention. Sometimes these ideas come to fruition and other times, I toss them, shaking my head at the drawings I thought so inspired and wondering WHAT was I thinking?

If the urge to create resides within you, you must accept that there will be times when you think you are surely insane. But when the art lives and breathes and somehow comes out JUST RIGHT, you know it is all worth it and there can be no other way to live. Accept...believe...CREATE!!