Early morning thoughts rambling around inside my head...
Resistance is genetic. That negative force, that dark hostility to creativity, is embedded deep in our humanity, from way back inside the Garden of Eden, as the first couple toiled over whether they should listen to the enemy of their souls.
Also genetic (in my opinion), is our IQ and talent, handed down from generation to generation. Yet, many of us resist the labor, the solid work, that creativity demands. We resist, because we don't really believe in ourselves. Maybe that's because we don't realize where creativity comes from. BUT...once we commit to the task, our talented side kicks in and the rewards are astonishing.
Most of the time, creative genius arrives out of the blue, and we tend to think it comes from our own resources, when in fact, it comes from our unconscious mind where God whispers to us. Where his angles encourage us to fight the urge to resist, as it keeps us from using the gift of creativity. The flow of what God instilled inside us at the time of creation. Can you remember a thought that just popped into your head and you're not sure why it did? But you follow the thought and end up surprised at how it led you to a solution you had never considered as being possible.
I love story. Doesn't everyone? Story brings us into the realm the storyteller is describing. My biggest problem is with resistance. It keeps me from sitting down and writing. Or sketching...
"There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write." ~Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance...
As always, here you will find me...in Mary's World
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