Loving, loving loving, as the artist can love,
The poet in love with the world- All the senses adoring
All that is alive, courting the whole world with song,
Dancing, poetry, music, a huge passion for life
In the heart.
-Anais Nin
It is truth for me, that the creative spirit that gave form to this world is the same spirit that flows through the creation of everything still being created, by using the hands and thoughts of everyone of us. Fostering my creative thinking is what propels me forwards, what keeps me in my aliveness. Creativity is used everywhere, not just in the obvious artistic sense, but in the considerations we face everyday. How we respond to any situation depends on our creativity and our ability to express ourselves. It is emerging as the new “education”. The amount of ways that I see my children create everyday is astounding- in fact, it really is all that they do with the given time of our homeschooling environment. They create worlds of imagination, then create things to use in those worlds.
It was with the forces of creativity that the elements responded when they intermingled in the very beginnings of life, and it is the quality that will get us out of the many desperate situations that we find ourselves and our human family tangled up in. For me, the essence of my spirit is what leads my creative thoughts, and it is my thoughts that lead my actions. When I hear music, or read words, or look at images, it is the feelings that these moments create in my heart that draw me in or not. When I create music, or go out with my camera, or knit, weave, or spin, dance, sing or think up something for dinner, it is my inner stirrings of spirit that a I look for to lead me. Some call it the Muse, really it can be called whatever you like. It is an emotion displayed, a heart string, an expression of the spirit that resides in us all. We just all use different tools, depending on what calls to us and what we have had the opportunity to practice with. It’s personal and universal at the same time, whether we share it or not. I give my deepest thanks to the doors that have opened for me, allowing me to explore the forms of creation that give me full expression about myself and this world we live in.
Inspirational Village 