 Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash Creativity is messy and unstructured and that's what makes it daunting. It is uncertain. It is hard.
The meaning is there, yet remains elusive until the final product is ready. Sometimes it all falls apart, which makes us doubt our creativity even more. And yet failure removes the bad and gives space for the good to flourish. Stay inspired. Keep inspiring.  Photo by KOBU Agency on Unsplash When people create it's impressive. But we are even more impressed when other species create as we do. We are most impressed by machines it seems, especially as of late.
It may be so because people created machines in the first place. We experience similar admiration as parents do when observing the first drawings of their children. But don't give up on your creativity, because you think it’s not worth it. Your craft is unique to you. Impress in your own right. Stay inspired. Keep inspiring.  Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Drawing is hard. Each line you put down feels like a commitment that you cannot back out of. And yet, children do it without much thought until we tell them to be mindful.
Writing is hard. Each word feels like a commitment you cannot back out of. It is not a child's play and yet hundreds of new books find their way to bookshelves each year. Find what's hard. Master the rules. Make the moves intuitive and be granted the freedom to back out and recommit to something new until you feel it’s right. Stay inspired. Keep inspiring.  Created by the author, one stroke at a time I love creating with Midjourney. It is one of the better AI tools that use words to create visual art. As a person of words who is no good at interpreting the images in my head in any other way, such tools give me a unique freedom. A possibility to express myself that I had never experienced before.
The results are wonderful and inspire me to use the tool more, as I watch others feed off that same energy. Discord, the platform that houses Midjourney, is like a huge chatroom and all is out in the open. And yet, I am learning how to draw and create something with my own hands. It is an expression of the self that I feel a deeper connection with. It is of the Muse, and I am the only vessel. It feels authentic and much more real. That is why I write all my articles by hand too - this way I give a part of myself in the process, weaving each letter into existence. Science confirms that doing things by hand enhances creativity, happiness and focus. It helps us express ourselves and find meaning. Ah, that's it. Finding meaning one stroke at a time, ink on paper. A journey to discover our own unknowns. Stay inspired. Keep inspiring.  Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash One of the many brilliant lines in the book that I am currently reading struck me hard: “We make real. It doesn't make us." The book is “The girl and the moon" by Mark Lawrence, the third book in the series “The book of the ice".
The quote is from a conversation between two beings, now distant copies or parts of real people that once existed. Now they are continuing their path in mechanic bodies. It struck me how true these words are. We make our own reality, it doesn't make us. From dreams and goals, to how we behave in certain situations. We make everything real. It doesn't make us. Read that again. It needs a moment. We make everything real. It doesn't make us. What is worth making real today? Stay inspired. Keep inspiring.  Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash It has been months since I've experienced the dreaded writer's block. It appeared somewhat regular before, but not as much as the times I've spent waiting for inspiration. I wonder how many articles have died because they lacked nurturing and got fed only with excuses?
The solution turned out to be as simple as setting up a fixed time in my calendar for writing and sticking to it with passion. I made sure to show up day after day and allowed myself to build a routine. Building little cues would help me get those words onto (digital) paper. It started with the time of day and choice of space to write in, then the perfect medium to do so (away from my laptop). Slowly the perfect hot drink to stimulate the stream of thought showed up, followed by the playlist that inspires the mind, and on and on. All cues of the daily habit of writing got locked into place. The craving to become got even stronger - I am a writer. There was one agreement in place to safeguard this process. I would not obsess over results, progress was what mattered. There is always time to edit and perfect later. Starting is what's hard, especially when you start with excuses. Stay inspired. Keep inspiring. |
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