Yesterday, we talked about “ Creating for the sake of Process”. WHY and HOW?
I talked about WHY one creates for “process”: because It has transformative powers. It’s a means of connecting with what is inside. It taps into a source of inner wisdom that provides guidance, allows personal growth and transformation, reduces stress, relief from trauma or overwhelming emotions, soothes pain, bring hope and revitalizes our being.
It’s about recovering our freedom, our natural child-like instinct to play, to invent, to listen to our intuition.
Now HOW do you do it?
Well, here’s a good place to start when using paint.
The important thing is to start. Some colors, some water, and brush. Give your brush a good drink of water, and choose a color. Don’t wait. If no color calls to you, dip in the first one you see. You move your brush across the paper. To create is to move into the unknown. To Become comfortable with chaos and ambiguity, the very soil of creation.
Paint and not care if anyone recognizes what it is. Creation does not care if you feel inspired. That would be very limiting. There is energy and creative potential in ALL emotional states. As long as you have life, the potential is there. Nothing is a mistake. You don’t need an idea. You just need a brush. If you don’t know what to do, just paint. Scribble. Be open , courageous, take risks. Make lots of mistakes. It has nothing to do with result. If you hate looking at it, don’t look. It is an act of love and trust. Jump naked into the deep waters of the unknown. Dance as if no one is looking … George Bernard Shaw said, “We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.” So play and grow young again. PLAY! •*´`*♥*´`*•ღஜღ
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