It's not often that I'm not easily grasping a theme when I sit down at the keyboard. But today is one of those days when themes and subjects flit through my mind, only to be dismissed. Nah - boring. Nope - mentioned that not too long ago. Nope - you don't want to harp on a subject. OMG No! - Politics don't belong in anyone's blog in the early morning. So ... what to discuss today?
Well, how about - "Where do you get your ideas from?" Do you write, paint, make mosaics, work with pencils or wood? Are you a person who creates? I'm not talking a "creative" person, I'm talking about a person who creates. They're not the same. A creative person is someone I associate with actually being able to make a living (although it might be scant) from their art or writing or music. A person who creates is someone who is living, breathing, and moving on the surface of this world. Because we ALL create.
In one way or another - whether it be at the stove or oven, at a pad of paper with a pencil, at a potter's wheel or in a stained glass studio - we all create. If you change a recipe and make it your own, you're creative. If you colored between the lines (or outside of them) when you were a child, you're creative. If you write a single paragraph or a poem and think to yourself. "Hmmm, this is good!", you're creative.
Occasionally I'll have people come up to me or text or email me telling me that they aren't creative. I call BS on that! Everyone is creative, but the field of your creativity might not be mine. And areas of creativity can change over time - art forms I delved into years ago might rarely be touched these days. It doesn't negate the creativity, the creative urge just switched to a different venue. So, I don't write any more (except for my daily blog). It doesn't mean I'm not creative in that venue, just pushing my energies in different directions. Is anyone out there creatively cleaning? If so, my house could really use your tender loving care! LOL But seriously, think about it. You Are A Human Being Therefore, You Are Creative. You can choose the venue, but you can never truly stop the flow. Have an excellent Tuesday, I'm off to the pool, and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.
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