Sunday, August 25, 2013

The creativity trapped inside

You got hurt.

Maybe once, maybe a few times, maybe so many times that it felt like all the time.

You got hurt and you shut down. You shut down your feelings and with them, you shut down your creativity.

But now you're a grownup, or so you're told, and you want to make something of your life. Make art. Write a book. Sing out loud.

So you've started to work on yourself. And you've found that you feel stifled. Thwarted. You think, it's so old, it happened so long ago, you can't change it now. But, oh! How you long to express yourself!

That creative energy inside you is a baby bird trapped in the shell around your heart. Let her scratch and peck with her beak from within, let that shell crack open from the inside. From the outside, massage it and dissolve it to thin it out and loosen it up. Take that baby step - paint something knowing that you're going to tear it up, throw it out, burn it... no one has to see the intermediates in your process. You're not going to bake a perfect pie inside your mind without getting into the kitchen and charring a few crusts.

Before you know it, you'll look back at the person you are today and think, I've come so far.

So begin! Don't leave your creative energy bouncing around inside you - it's not doing any good there.

Sending you my love and support, and looking forward to seeing what surprises you have in store for me, you creative genius!
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