Life comes in with a bang, makes a mess, and leaves us with the building blocks of the future. What we do with them is up to us. When the pyrotechnic power of the Exploration quarter explodes into Chaos, the seeds of the new thing are scattered on the waters. It’s time to let Life in.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 6.
“In order to create something new, you must first go through the dissolution of the old.” You know you’re in Station 6 when your primary experience is P – A – N – I – C! The creative process is fraught with setbacks and storms. They are frightening; but they are not the enemy. How do you welcome the storm?
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 5.
Have you ever launched a project, gotten it off the ground with great enthusiasm, only to have the wind knocked out of you a short time later? Station 5 is the point in the creative process that I call Isolation. Three tips for navigating Station 5…
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 4
Station 4 in the Wheel of Creativity is Launch. The first three stations comprise the Vision Quarter and give direction and energy to your desire. In Station 4 you must launch yourself into a new quarter, Exploration, where you finally leave the shore of the status quo and set out into the unknown.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 3
Station 3 of the Wheel of Creativity is what I call Anorexia. For me, it describes our compulsion to say No to whatever nourishes us. Best-selling author Steven Covey uses the phrase in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, “Exercise integrity in the moment of choice.” This station reveals our tendency to do the contrary. And it plays a powerful role in the creative process.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 2
“If only I knew what I wanted.” Discovering what you’re called to – what you want to do, be, have, or create – seems like the first step in the creative process. In fact, it is the second. Knowing what you want is a response to knowing what you don’t want.