The Gift of Creativity
Creativity is a gift that is given to those of us that remain open and have the courage to step out into the unknown, leaving behind all that we believe we know.
This gift comes from a force that is far greater than us, and much bigger than our thinking minds can comprehend. When we try to make sense of it, our minds become distracted by logic and rationalisation, causing us to leave the state of ‘being’ in which we dial into the frequency of creativity.
Only when we relinquish control of our lives and transcend the egoic mind that is fixed upon its’ own identity and beliefs do we open ourselves up and become conduits for consciousness, allowing for this creativity to flow through us from the ether into the material world.
It is no wonder that the most creative of humans are often some of the most fragile and wounded. It is often we with the broken hearts and damaged sense of Self that turn to creativity to deal with our pain and find ourselves.
Perhaps it is because those of us who have experienced great amounts of trauma and pain are the ones who have held onto or, perhaps, rediscovered a precious innocence and remain open to the world, allowing the flow of the infinite wellspring of creativity and consciousness to enter and heal our broken hearts.
Those people with, perhaps, more secure and stable early lives, and less severe traumatic experiences throughout their developmental years, it could be said, have a much stronger sense of Self, and are more firmly fixed in their ideations and beliefs.
Could this be what closes some people off to the flow of new ideas and concepts — a state of security and ‘knowing’ that prevents a mind from wandering about new and unknown possibilities and eventualities?
If one is so content and secure in their view of the world, then where would the deep drive to create work that might fuel change come from? As excessively creative people, that is what we are trying to do, isn’t it? Whether we are conscious of it or not, I believe that most of us desire to see something change in this world as a result of our creative works.
That desire to create change, I believe, comes from years of being open and receptive to all that is going on around us — in our internal worlds and the world outside of us, too. All of the information and stimulation that is required for creativity is, therefore, given to us. It is a gift from the unknown and unseen driving force of this existence that is called consciousness.
To become identified to what thoughts and beliefs we already hold prevents new ones from flowing, and new stimulation from being received. Only when a human finds the courage that is suffice to cross the threshold from the known to the unknown can they access the raw and potent power of creativity. It is in the infinite realm of the unknown that creativity lies in abundance, and it is only gifted to those of us who are open enough to receive the mysterious powers.