Monday, September 17, 2007

What is creativity? I hear people say that someone is "SO" creative, when all they mean is that the person can draw and paint.
To me creativity is how you live your life. Whether you treat it as ART or as CRAFT.
If your life is CRAFT, you will strive to do the right thing at all times to all people in all ways. You will pull yourself in all different directions to be the perfect picture, to say the right words, and to live up to the image people have created for you.
You may earn kudos for it, but you know that it is not the real you, but a cardboard cutout.

But if you live your life as ART, you will live each moment in thought, thoughtfulness and joy.
Never mind that at times you may forget to do what was expected of you, or chose not to do it because your mind and your heart told you that it was not important, and you decided to listen to your inner voice. You will feel one with yourself and nothing else will matter.

This does not mean rudeness, neglect or cruelty, but just a slow, sure carving out of your own path, the one "less traveled".

Trust me, once you start bringing Art into your life, you will experience an uplifting.

1 comment:

Sush said...

insightful post. I'm an artist !!!