Full Transcript for Creativity and the Creative Process

and woke up this morning I thought, today, I've got 71 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.199 to write another poem. Anyway, I look back on the 72 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:07.720 poems I've written, and there's thirty two of them at 73 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:11.720 this point. How's that. It really grabbed hold of me 74 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:17.680 because it loosens up the writer inside me by doing 75 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:22.759 something creative where I'm not overthinking it, I'm not analyzing it, 76 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:26.360 I'm not stopping here and there. I'm not saying that 77 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:29.079 you shouldn't do that, you know, if you're writing a 78 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.600 piece or an article or something like that, of course, 79 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:37.959 but it's an exercise that sort of taps into that 80 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:43.879 natural creativity that you have and each and every person 81 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.879 on this planet has. So that's what I want to 82 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:52.720 encourage you about, is to express your creativity. And I 83 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.920 don't mean necessarily through writing a ten minute poem. It's 84 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:59.519 just in a way, it's just an exercise that you 85 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.680 can do that will help loosen those creative juices. And again, 86 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:05.560 it's one of those things that I don't want you 87 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.000 to just believe me about that. I want you to 88 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:11.879 try it, try it out and experience what that's like, 89 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:17.319 and I think you'll be surprised and amazed. I've suggested 90 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:21.120 this to a few other people and they have really 91 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:24.680 enjoyed it, and a couple of people I know that 92 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:28.680 are continuing to do that on a regular basis. I'm 93 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:32.879 even looking at maybe putting the poetry together in a 94 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:36.319 book and taking each poem then writing a short piece 95 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:38.639 on it as to this is what was going on 96 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:41.240 with me at this time, so there'd be a little 97 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:47.800 bit of a story that's connected to the particular poem. Anyway, 98 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:50.920 that's not the only way to do it, though. I 99 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.399 know a fellow that is this amazing tattoo artist, and 100 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.639 I look at his creations and I talk with him 101 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.000 about his creative process and what he goes through, and yes, 102 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:04.920 he's got some training in it. That sometimes is essentially 103 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.959 if you're going to be an artist in a particular way. 104 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:15.199 I remember a piece I started writing that I said 105 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:17.759 in the article. I didn't finish the article, but the 106 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:21.720 first paragraph I said, you are an artist. Don't deny it. 107 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:25.360 You are an artist. Start thinking that way. I also 108 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:29.519 recommend a couple of books. One that was very influential is, 109 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:35.120 of course, Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way. Highly recommend it. 110 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:38.120 You know, it is like a classic at this point 111 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.920 it's been It was written a few years ago and 112 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:44.439 really gives you some tips and clues about allowing the 113 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.680 artist to be much more prominent in your life. If 114 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:52.160 he or she is not, It's an aspect of your 115 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:56.120 being that is available to you. You just got to 116 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:00.079 reframe it and think of yourself as an artist. I 117 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:05.959 also found in preparing some ideas about the creative process. 118 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.399 I often, as those of you who have listened to 119 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.959 these podcasts, I've got a few that I call them 120 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.439 four by fours. All that is the kind of catchy 121 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.800 way of saying, you know, I like things in fours. 122 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:21.439 Here are four ways to do this, here are four 123 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:25.040 steps in this. And guess what I've got that for 124 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:30.279 you in this presentation as well. And here they are 125 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:42.200 the creative process in the creative process, what triggers it, 126 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:45.679 what sparks it, and then what's the movement that takes 127 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:51.240 place to its ultimate fruition, which is some expression, some 128 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:56.159 expression in the physical realm. In other words, if I'm 129 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:00.480 writing a book, I find that it it's a lot 130 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:04.679 of work, first off, but very worthwhile. That there's a start, 131 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.000 there's a middle part, and then there's a finish. So 132 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:15.600 here's the four steps inspiration, as you might imagine, Number 133 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:30.840 two is imagination, three is implementation, and four is manifestation. Inspiration, imagination, implementation, 134 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:36.759 and then of course number four manifestation. I'm going to 135 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:40.559 go into each of these four steps or four stages 136 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:43.759 here in just a moment. However, I want to qualify 137 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:47.879 it and say, first off, that the really creative process 138 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:51.279 is much more of a flow than break broken up 139

00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:54.000 into segments like this. The second thing I want to 140 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.639 say about it is that it isn't always linear. In 141 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:01.120 other words, you don't always necessarily go from one to 142 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:04.200 two to four to three to four. And then you 143 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:09.279 may find yourself, let's say, being inspired. Then you start 144 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:12.240 to plan, you start to imagine what it's going to 145 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:16.679 be like. You get to the third stage, which is 146 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:20.240 to implement and then you go, oh, wait a minute, 147 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:24.679 and you find you need further inspiration. So just so 148 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.080 you may bounce around a little bit, but the most 149 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:29.720 important thing with this is that it is much more 150 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:34.559 of a flow. So let's tackle inspiration, that spark that 151 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:40.399 gets you going that way of knocking you on your shoulders, 152 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:43.840 nudging you and saying, hey, here's an idea. What do 153 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.200 you how do you want to do this? But here's 154 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:50.159 the idea that's the original spark. I tell you a 155 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:53.279 little backstory about that, which has to do with a 156 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:59.200 Greek mythology, and that is the story of the Nine Muses. 157 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:04.200 And the way the legend or the story goes, is 158 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:09.559 that Zeus, the king of the gods, laid nine knights 159 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:14.320 in a row, laid with Nemosne, who is the goddess 160 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:19.159 of memory. And what was birthed out of those unions 161 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:23.679 those nine knights or the muses, and they turned out 162 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:27.600 to be lovely and alluring goddesses, and they were there 163 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:31.600 to provide that inspiration to gods as well as humans. 164 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:35.120 You can do some research on that to find out 165 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:38.639 the names of these goddesses. However, I will say that 166 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:43.320 the one that I would mostly suggests would be Calliope 167 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:48.440 because she is the oldest goddess. They were the experts 168 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:56.000 in certain areas, certain artistic areas, you know, poetry, dance, music, etc. 169 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:01.480 And the gods or and or the humans would go 170 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:05.360 to these goddesses to sort of consult with them, you know, 171 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:09.240 and get some ideas and to get inspired. And the 172 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:13.080 goddesses may give that information directly, or they might say, 173 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.080 you know, go out in

the field there and just 174 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.240 look around, and you're going to find some things there 175 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:22.759 that will inspire you. But they are called the muses, 176 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:27.679 and often we speak about our muse when we're talking 177 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:31.159 about something that inspires us. I also find, as a 178 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.399 sideline's kind of interesting that there's a few words in 179 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:39.080 the English language that have their root word as muse, 180 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:46.559 think in terms of museum, amused, be mused, etc. There's 181 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:49.480 a few more. But that gives you an idea of 182 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:52.960 how that has sort of woven itself into the fabric 183 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:57.960 of our language. So the first step of the creative 184 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:03.120 process is to be inspired, and this is one way 185 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:05.679 you can do this. You can meditate or even do 186 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:10.399 a shamanic journey to any of these muses. And if 187 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:12.279 you're not sure who to go to, like I said, 188 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:15.519 go to Calliope and she'll give you some ideas and 189 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:18.639 get the ball rolling in terms of your creative project. 190 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:25.399 So it's helpful to think of that source of inspiration 191 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:29.600 as your muse. And yes you can have more than 192 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:34.159 one muse, and yes your muse may change over time. 193 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:38.679 It might be another person. It might be a song, 194 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:43.879 it might be poetry, it might be going out into 195 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:47.840 nature and immersing yourself in nature. Regardless of where it 196 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:53.720 comes from, there are many, many possibilities for that source 197 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:58.279 of inspiration that we're calling a muse. So there you 198 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.000 have it with inspiration and just a reminder, inspiration can 199 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:06.080 come from anywhere. It doesn't have to go through any 200 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:10.120 of these goddesses. It could be just again, something that 201 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:13.720 you look at the sunset, for instance, and you're inspired 202 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:17.519 to write about it or painted or to sculpt something 203 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:21.440 with it. You find a conversation that something that someone 204 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:25.000 has said that inspires you. That is the spark that 205 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:28.360 gets seen going. That is your muse. Okay, you don't 206 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.279 have to call it that, that's not the point. I 207 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.120 just think that the Greek mythology about the muses is 208 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.639 so fascinating and it ties right in with what we're 209 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:42.399 doing here, and that is describing the creative process. Second 210 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:47.399 one on the list there is imagination. And once you 211 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:52.480 get that spark of inspiration, then imagination sort of grabs 212 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.519 hold of you and starts taking over in some ways. 213 00:14:56.600 --> 00:15:02.799 That inspiration appears through source itself and through you, with 214 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:07.679 all of your capacities, all of your talents, etc. To 215 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.879 bring something forth, and you start to think about and 216 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:15.279 consider what it is that you want to bring forth 217 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:21.120 from that spark of inspiration. It maybe that you have 218 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:23.960 to let it just state for a little while. I 219 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:28.759 also want to say about imagination that much more powerful 220 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.840 than we give credit to Sometimes I think we relegate 221 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:36.279 it in our minds to fantasy or pretend or something 222 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:41.440 like that. But I see imagination as this bridge between 223 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:48.480 one's self and one's creative process, one's inspiration and steps 224 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:53.720 to manifesting it. So imagination is something. Spend some time 225 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:57.840 with it, contemplate it, right about it, feel about it, 226 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.879 maybe do some research. You know, whatever you were inspired 227 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:08.679 to create that continues to nag you sort of like 228 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:10.440 it continues to kind of stay in the back of 229 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.519 your mind. And keep your mind you remember that poem 230 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:16.879 that you read, just like I was talking about the 231 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:19.559 line that I read or the piece that I read 232 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:23.960 about creating a poem in ten minutes. So imagination is 233 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:27.480 extremely important as well, and that is the second step. 234 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.360 Once again, I remind you it's a flow. It's not 235 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:34.960 like a bump bump bump, you know, one, two, three, four, 236 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:38.159 something like that. Just for purposes of description that we're 237 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:43.360 talking about it in the fours and number three, I 238 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:47.279 came up with a word that really was very very 239 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:52.159 playful in a way. It's called implementation and implementation if 240 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.480 you think about it, often we think of an implement 241 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:58.039 as something like a tool, like something that helps us, 242

00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:04.000 let's say, or carve or write or the whatever. It 243 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:07.720 may be, something that helps us bring that which we 244 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:11.480 are inspired to bring into the physical form and the 245 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:16.079 physical reality. And the implementation another word for that would 246 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:19.079 be action steps. What do you need to do, what 247 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:22.200 do you need to gather? What kind of time are 248 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.960 you committing to bringing forth this creative process? Is it 249 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:30.200 a poem in ten minutes or is it something much 250 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:33.480 more extensive that you're going to be working on? And 251 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:36.119 now you start to think in a different way, which 252 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:38.960 is a very practical way, is Okay, what do I 253 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:43.079 need in this physical realm? What do I need to 254 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:49.160 do also to further that which I've been inspired to 255 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:53.039 create and that I've imagined how to do so, And 256 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:55.720 now it is the how to. This is how I'm 257 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:58.960 going to do it. So that's an important step. So 258 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:03.920 now we're up to step number three again, inspiration, imagination implementation. 259 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:10.680 As a writer too, I also like the alliteration inspiration 260 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:15.759 and imagination implementation. And then number four, along the same 261 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:22.039 lines of alliteration is yay will manifestation. It's like you 262 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:26.319 can sit back and look at this creation that has manifested, 263 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:31.480 starting with that spark, wherever it came from, whether you 264 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:35.599 did a meditation with any of the goddesses, the muses, 265 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.279 whether you just happen to hear something that someone said 266 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:42.079 it can come. I can't stress that it can come 267 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:46.880 from anywhere. And then there's the steps towards or the 268 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:53.799 movement towards bringing it into physical reality. And often it's 269 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:56.599 an act of service. I want to create something beautiful 270 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:03.480 that will further inspire others to enact the creative process. 271 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:06.920 Starting with that spark of inspiration that I want to 272 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:09.759 bring more beauty to this world perhaps, or I want 273 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:13.480 to make a statement, not necessarily of beauty, but something 274 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:17.599 that might challenge people, whatever it may be, to get people, 275 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:21.440 other humans to

think, to create something that would be 276 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:25.359 of service not just to other humans, but to the environment, 277 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:29.640 to the trees that I can see outside my window here, 278 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:34.799 to the animals. There's all sorts of possibilities here. But 279 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:37.720 again I want you to narrow it down and to 280 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:42.440 consider these four steps, in these four stages that lead 281 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:47.799 to the manifestation of that which was initially inspired. Also, 282 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.519 I'm sure I would bet on it that you can 283 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:56.000 look back on other things that you have manifested, that 284 00:19:56.039 --> 00:20:01.240 you have created, and again, as the life force itself 285 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:04.599 is so creative, just the fact of that life force, 286 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:10.839 that spirit that is expressing as you and through you. 287 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:16.240 And remember those words are very important, that spirit is 288 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:20.839 expressing as you, even though sometimes what we think of 289 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:25.440 it is spirit or life force is expressing through me. 290 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:32.799 Well yeah, it is both. It's expressing as you. In 291 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:37.720 other words, you are spirit in manifestation. What an amazing 292 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:42.119 creative process that is. Gosh, where did that start? It 293 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:47.079 started with some inspiration some attraction that two people had 294 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:53.000 for each other that then birthed this human being that 295 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:57.400 you know grew up changed to creating and became creative 296 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:03.960 herself or himself. But again, just to reiterate, for probably 297 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:08.400 about the twentieth time, the four steps and keep those 298 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:13.039 in mind, write them down, just contemplate this. Please, I 299 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:16.640 beg of you to contemplate this, and more importantly is 300 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:20.400 to follow those steps. When you've had that idea, don't 301 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:24.000 just drop it, play with it, have fun with it. 302 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:28.759 Imagine again step number two. Just imagine what that would 303 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:33.839 be like to bring that into physical reality and possibly 304 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:38.160 to be of service to others, to inspire others. And 305 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:42.480 then what does it take to get that created into 306 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:49.000 the physical realm. That's the implementation and then whila again manifestation. 307 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:54.680 So again, have fun with it. It's very very simple 308 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:59.079 to do. And even though there's old beliefs, you know, 309 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:01.480 I can't I don't know how to draw, I don't 310 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:03.640 know how to write, I don't know how to do 311 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:08.279 anything with this clay. I don't know how to make things. 312 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:11.119 I can draw a circle, but can I draw anything else? 313 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:14.759 And I think you'd be surprised. And also if you 314 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:18.440 feel like you need some training in a specific skill 315 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:23.039 that would assist you in manifesting that which was inspired. 316 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:26.559 Please do so, you know, take a class, talk to 317 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:32.119 a mentor whatever you might do to further this project 318 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:40.640 into actual fruition, into manifestation. It's magical when you think 319 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:46.200 about it. It's inspired, as we've been talking about, and 320 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:49.839 so give it a shot. What the heck, You've got 321 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:54.640 nothing to lose. And I really am firmly believe. I 322 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:59.640 firmly believe. And I'm also also getting messages and hints 323 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:04.599 from guides to of how important right now the creative 324 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:09.000 process is and for us to partake of it. That's 325 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:16.039 what inspired this podcast. Hope you enjoyed it, Take care, 326 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:27.240 Thanks for joining me, and I hope you joined me 327 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:31.039 for future episodes where I'll share some powerful healing practices 328 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:35.279 and meditations, introduce you to some amazing guests and friends 329 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:38.440 of mine who will stop by for some conversation, and 330 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:42.079 on occasional I'll pull some oracle cards from one of 331 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:45.920 my decks and do readings. I'll also share some of 332 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:49.759 my original music that I'm sure you'll enjoy. 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