Jumping into traffic

November 20, 2006 at 3:53 pm (Creating)

I started working on my book list last night and chose to start with
The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to be the Artist You Truly Are by Danny Gregory. Though I blogged about taking a challenge to create art every day in November, I haven’t. It hasn’t been a priority and part of the reason why is that I still struggle with my ability to be creative. Even though I say with my mouth that I believe that everyone is creative, I haven’t lived it out in my life … well, I don’t when I invalidate my creativity by not making time for it.

Here’s a quote from the introduction:

What if we treated driving like we treat the arts?

We’d assume that people were either born to drive or not. We’d wait and see if, as children, they started driving on their own, if they had talent and a calling. If they did, we would be careful not to interfere with their talent and possibly suppress it. We would make sure to encourage only those who seemed they’d be able to drive professionally. We’d pay some of them millions of dollars to drive and lavish them with fame; others we would refuse to support, encouraging them to do something more useful for society. Everyone else would assume that they would never be able to drive and would just and on the sidwalks and watch the traffic.”

I am NOT standing on the sidewalk watching the traffic go by any longer! My desire is to drag as many people out into the streets with me as I can. I pray to be an inspiration to my children and especially to those who are starting a little late in life … but hey, I am not saying I am old or anything like that! LOL!

Immersed in the Mystery,
Cynthia

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