The Gift of Creativity
Creativity is a gift. It is given to those people who have had their hearts broken but choose to remain open to love and find the courage to step out beyond the threshold of safety into the unknown, leaving behind all that was once familiar. This gift comes from a force that is far greater than us—a force that is much bigger than our thinking minds can comprehend. When we try to make sense of it, our minds become consumed by logic and rationalisation, causing us to leave the state of ‘being’ in which we tune into the frequency of creativity.
Only when we relinquish control of our lives and transcend the ego mind that is fixed upon its own identity and beliefs, do we open ourselves up to become conduits for consciousness, allowing for this creativity to flow through us from the unseen into the physical world.
It is no wonder that the most creative human beings are often some of the most fragile and wounded—that the most impactful pieces of art, music, and poetry have been created from a place of deep grieving. It is often we with the damaged sense of Self who acknowledge our broken hearts and turn to creativity to deal with the pain of our past and find our place of belonging here in the Universe.
Perhaps it is because those of us who have experienced great amounts of trauma and grief are the ones who have held onto or, perhaps, discovered a greater innocence, opening, once again, to the world and allowing the flow of the infinite river of creativity and consciousness to enter and heal our broken hearts. Those people with more secure and stable early lives, and less exposure to severe traumatic experiences throughout their developmental years, have likely developed a much stronger sense of Self and are more firmly fixed in their worldviews, ideas, and beliefs.
Could this be what closes some people off to the flow of new ideas and concepts, and why some people deem themselves as ‘not creative’—a state of security and ‘knowing’ that prevents a mind from wandering about new and unknown possibilities and eventualities? If one is so content and secure in their view of the world, then where would the deep drive to create work that might fuel change emerge from? As creative people, that is what we are all trying to do, isn’t it? Whether we are conscious of it or not, do we not deeply desire to create change in this world through our creativity?
That desire to create change, I believe, comes from many years of openness and receptivity to all that is going on around us—in our internal worlds and the world outside of us, too. All of the information and stimulation that is required for creativity is, therefore, given to us from that which is beyond us. It is a gift from the unknown and unseen driving force of this existence that is called consciousness.
To become too identified with the thoughts and beliefs we already hold prevents new ones from forming, and limits our receptivity to new stimulation. Only when a human finds the courage that is sufficient to cross the threshold from the known into the unknown will they access the raw and potent power of creativity. It is in the infinite realm of the unknown and unseen that creativity lies in abundance, and it is gifted to those of us who remain open enough to receive its mysterious powers.