Creative Friends

[kokopelle]

I am blessed to have some very creative friends. There are photographers, parents, writers, jewelry makers, painters, organizers, teachers, musicians, theologians, philosophers and body workers. It is a pretty amazing group.

The common thread of these people is their desire to create. I now believe that there is an innate drive for humans to create. Somewhere I read that the basic requirements for living were shelter and warmth. These will keep a person alive, but this is not enough to truly thrive. At some level the full expression of existence demands a form of personal expression. The stamp of "I AM" is programmed into our beings. The suppression of this urge is done at the detriment of the individual. The outlet of this urge promotes the growth of the individual.

"In the beginning God created heaven and earth." So says Genesis 1:1. I say that God is still creating the heaven and the earth. We stare into the same void. We maintain our sanity and soul by seeing the void as a place of potential. What are we to do on this earth? What is our purpose? Merely create the best you can. On the sixth day, you too will say, "behold, it was very good".

Comments

[oceans_voice]

I agree. I think that as the Divine creates, and we are created in the Divine's image, apparently, so we too are creators. I think that our energy, our prana, chi, whatever you want to call it, holy spirit.... its natural inclination is to be creative. I think that is why when I realized I was not creating I was shutting down something inside myself that was essential to my health and well being. I think we should create and if we are not, we should look at what is blocking that natural flow of creativity and energy and see what we can do to get it to start flowing again.