Over and over I stumble across advice for creativity. Heck, it’s the basis of this writing project, isn’t it? Here’s what has worked for me, for others, for everyone else in the past, present and certainly will do in the future, too.
Right?
And the smart money, the guy who wants this site to be successful and to captivate you and to hold your attention would tell you that there are answers buried inside if you read deeply enough.
The honest guy would tell you that creativity is just like any other job. You get out what you put in, and the effort pays off when you do the work.
The fuzzy spaces between, though, are filled with an endless doubting void that slurps up every bit of advice, superstition, ritual, inspiration, and randomness distilled from the universe as possible.
I’m just the guy sitting here telling you to embrace that uncertainty.
Look at the advice.
But also find your own way.
Do the work.
But embrace the chaos.
Dig into ideas that shift your mind, body, and soul to new perspectives.
But ride the efforts of a billion people who have gone this way before you.
Under the category of Past & Present, I’ll be writing more on this topic as the months wear on.
Terms FROm this POSt
- inspiration
- A vague concept I mention frequently in my writing but rarely pause to define, I think the notion of being inspired is really at the foundational level, the seeds of creativity. Without inspiration, without muse, without spark creativity is just work or repetition or rote effort. Inspiration does not necessarily need to be monumental or epic or of the highest quality, but rather it is what is at the start of every creative process …until it flowers and drops more seeds of inspiration and the cycle repeats.
- job
- This is a fuzzy word for me as I write here. I am technically self-employed, the overseer of a little one-man Canadian consultancy corporation. Hustling for contracts is hard work tho, so I occasional look for more steady employment gigs that interest me, and allude to it in my writing.
