Inspiration and Creativity
Have you ever noticed how some people seem to be incredibly gifted with creating things such as artwork, music, ideas, new products or just plain improving old ones?
How come all of us do not have those abilities?
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to pen some words for a new song, create a masterpiece, or even something you would be proud to hang on your wall? Those are all examples of artistic creativity of course, but what about refreshing ideas about how we can improve our lives or relationships, get more done, more efficiently, “working smarter, not harder” as the expression goes?
So what do these creative people have which results in these new ways of doing things, evolving ideas, creativity and inspiration?
Well for a start, they pretty well look like you and me on the outside, although many artists and musicians choose to look and act less conservative, so it must be something within, that sets them apart.
In her ground-breaking New York Times bestselling book, “My Stroke of Insight, A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey”, Dr Jill Bolte Taylor (www.drjilltaylor.com), a Harvard trained brain scientist, describes her amazing experience while being fully conscious through a massive stroke to the left portion of her brain. By the way, I highly recommend watching her free 19 minute video on TED at www.mystrokeofinsight.com.
The left hemisphere is all about analytical thinking, judging, planning, language, reading, and writing, talking or recalling the past and also houses the ego centre, a peanut size bunch of brain cells that cause us to separate from our true selves, others, nature and is the source of us causing harm.
The right hemisphere however, is a very different story and it gives us access to greater insights and a connection to the bigger picture, where inspiration and creativity reside. This connectedness to the source is the route to becoming more inspired and creative in any given field of our choice. By getting out of our mind and being still and quiet for a few moments, we allow the “creative juices” to flow through us and from them, new ideas, new inspirations and creations will grow.
So to be more creative, we need to turn off, if just for a few minutes, the day-to-day distractions of handphones, TV, iPods, etc., and be still enough to contemplate and allow into our space, the energy of creation.
It is not a thinking process, although the ideas will appear in the mind, its being quiet and undistracted that permits the ideas to flow through us.
I wish you all many wonderful and happy creations!!
Rick
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