to be or not to be creative...

Creativity at times can be challenging. Sometimes we-Crazy Daisies desire to be creative, to express ourselves but get stuck, busy, restless, and nothing creative gets done. No art is produced, projects are left for later and we feel down in the dumps. When that happens we turn to faith, to our inspiration walls, and we work at it. Being creative doesn't always happen, and sometimes we have to practice. And practice. And practice some more, and then turn up and do it again.



An amazing art quilt made by our mom Carole

Julia Cameron wrote these basic principles on how to live out the Artist's life and we thought we would share them with you:

Basic Principles of the Artist’s Way:

1.    Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.

2.    There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life–including ourselves.

3.    When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator’s creativity within us and our lives.

4.    We are, ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves.

5.    Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.

6.    The refusal to be creative is self-will and is counter to our true nature.

7.    When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good orderly direction.

8.    As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle though powerful changes are to be expected.

9.    It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.

10. Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.

If you want to read more of the Artist's Way, check out: Julia Cameron

But I'm not an artist, how does this apply to me? ..you might be thinking : ) 

We believe that all of us have a creative nature, it just has to be explored. Our society tends to stereotype what it means to be creative: "Oh so and so is an artist, so they naturally are good at drawing," or "I could never do that, I'm not artsy enough."  To create is to make something new. It is in us all to create something new in our world today, to add a bit of ourselves to this huge tapestry of life.

So today perhaps make a list of all the things you might want to do, pick one and get cracking.
Happy Creating!

"“No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.” 
― Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity