Creativity Development
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Creating is an Art - What Does it Take to Rock Your World?By Pollyanna McAleerIf you've read any of my other articles, you'll have heard this before: You are an infinite creative being, connected to all things through all time and space. You are not a victim of global warming, crime rates, peak oil, rising interest rates, your family, your boss, your neighbour, your sickness, your mind or anything else. As an amazing creative being, you are here in this existence to create a life that fulfills and satisfies you. This sounds simple and actually is, but you need to understand yourself and your creative process if you want to effortlessly create the life you would love. Lately, I've been working with a number of my clients on specific projects: one is writing a book, another is designing a huge architectural project, another created and went on an overseas trip. This got me pondering the process of creating, what we run into as humans and what it takes to see your creations to their fruition. Here are my hot tips for satisfying creating. 1. Know that everything you go for in life is a creation, driven by you. From the bigger things like creating a relationship to the smallest things, like going grocery shopping. This is simple enough. Every time you have an idea and you go for it, you are creating. Knowing this is very empowering. As an infinite creative being you are doing this all the time, often unconsciously. When you want to create something specific, know that your success depends entirely on you. 2. Know that you always have a choice. What you create is up to you. You can choose your next five minutes, your day, your week, your life. Take time out in your life to tune into what you would love to create. You always have a choice. You can invest your energy into what you would love to create or you can slosh around in struggle and chaos. You always have a choice even if everything around you seems to indicate otherwise. Get clear on what you would love. Invest your energy in what you would love. Take action towards what you would love. 3. Understand the movement of energy in the creative process. You can imagine the creative process as an arc. There's a beginning point, a lot of middle and an end point. Each creation follows this arc. Some creations are completed in minutes, others take weeks, some take a lifetime to finish. In the beginning, a large amount of energy is expended to thrust the creation into being. This energy is your ideas, your imaginings and the actions that you take to get your creation going. This is an exciting and stimulating phase of the creation where lots of new and novel sensations occur. In the middle of the arc, there's a long section where your input is required in a sustained way. The novelty of the creation may have worn off and you will run into your limited self. At some point almost at the top of the arch, you will probably hit the wall, to use a running analogy. This is the "I can't possibly go on" point. You may observe this in yourself as the following thoughts and feelings: I can't do this I'm not allowed to carry on This is rubbish (whatever you happen to be creating) I'm exhausted This isn't really what I want to be doing I don't care about this anymore This hurts Perhaps the universe is telling me I should be doing something else At this point you may want to withdraw your energy from your creation and many people do. And that will be the end of that. No creation, no learning, no satisfaction. It is important to sustain your energy in the middle of the arc no matter what comes up for you. Persistence is key in this phase. Interestingly, the end of the creative process needs as much energy input as the beginning to push it through to completion. Be prepared to invest your time and energy as you see the completion of your creation approaching. Give it that extra input as though you were in the final 100m of a marathon and are giving it your all to cross the line. At completion, make sure you acknowledge what you have created and ask yourself what you have learned from the process. 4. Understand your own creative process. Observe yourself creating, notice patterns in what comes up for you when you are going for something. All of us have a process that we go through when we create. Most of us sabotage our creations at some point in our lives, some more than others. As an infinite creative being, there is a wounded part of you that I call the limited self. This is the victim in you, that part of you that doesn't believe that what you would love is possible, the part that seeks validation from others and from the world, the part that would limit your possibilities in life because it's wounded. We all have a limited self and it doesn't have to stop you from creating what you would love. When you create, notice what comes up for you, especially in the middle phase of the creation, which is some ways is the hardest as this is when you run into the voice of your limited self in the loudest way. Learning to allow that voice to be there and continue creating anyway is a skill that will increase the success of your creations one hundredfold. Let the voice of your limited self babble away whilst you continue to invest energy and take action towards creating what you would love. Know that receiving your creations is the key to living a satisfying, fulfilling life. You can put all your energy and vision into creating something and then manage not to receive it at the last minute by listening to the voice of your limited self (which is there to protect you from imagined harm, not to help you live a wonderful life). That's it! As you follow these tips, you will learn more and more about yourself and the creative process. Be open to receiving and remember that you always have a choice about what you create. About the Author: Would you love to develop your creative and intuitive abilities and bring the power of magic into your life? I am an intuitive coach, writer, musician and mother of four boys. I'm passionate about creating and using my intuitive gift to generate magic in my life and the lives of others. I would love to work with you to create the life you would love to live. International clients are welcome as I generally use phone and Skype for sessions. http://www.heartofmagic.com |
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