Creative Currents
I've been thinking a lot about creativity lately. It's only recently that I've begun to understand how it works, at least for me.
I've had many blogs and other projects over the years. They've always been accompanied by great enthusiasm and inspiration on my part. For a while...
Then the flame goes out. Maybe I pushed too hard, maybe I simply lost interest, or maybe a bit of both. That's what I've always thought before, and it's always ended with me giving up.
Then a new idea pops up. And fades away into nothingness…
It's been the same story with this blog, but for some reason, it's the blog that refuses to die. Although I dare not promise anything, given my history, it's still alive. And I'm feeling hopeful for its future, mainly due to what I've realized lately.
This might be obvious to others, but for me, it was something of a revelation: creativity is not constant. Inspiration and creativity come in waves, it's an eternal movement of in and out.
It follows a universal pattern. A breath, a flower opening and closing, ebb and flow. It's completely natural and at the same time one of the greatest miracles in the universe.
Creating is about following that rhythm.
Listening to the melody of the universe. Dancing along to the verse, singing aloud during the chorus — and holding back while simultaneously charging up during the bridge.