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The Artist's Intuitive Creativity

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 02:23:28 GMT

Artists are known for creativity that goes above and beyond the abilities of mortal people. Well, that may be an exaggeration, but an artist's creativity is pretty spectacular at times. They can imagine things that others cannot. Their visions are accessible after creation. The audience is pulled into the artist's creation. Where does this ability come from? I believe that this kind of artist is gifted with intuitive creativity.

What is this intuitive thing? The adjective intuitive is defined as “using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive”. Conscious reasoning states that A leads to B leads to C. The instinctive jumps straight to C. The really important aspect of the definition is the stub “feels to be true”. An artist just knows that they are creating in a promising direction. The artist’s intuitive creation is a truth, one that is grasped instinctively.

This may sound terribly fanciful. Could it be the wishful thinking of flighty art type people? No... it is real. I have some examples!

The first example steps outside of the world of art, but still focuses on creation. There are numerous stories of scientists finding the answers to bewildering questions by using an intuitive line of thought. I recently read a book about black holes. A common theme was that the early thinkers could not rationally prove their theories. Instead, the theories “just felt right”. Theoretical work later proved their hunches. Einstein was long a believer in intuitive thinking, and he is credited with the quote “the intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift”. I've done some of my technical brainstorming when I've been at a fast food joint. I would sit there and let my thoughts ramble. Ideas came in and I'd have imagined a whole new direction. The arts share the method and output of the intuitive process.

The second example has an historical bent. For centuries authors have invoked the Muses when writing poetry, hymns, or epic history. The mythic beings, dating back to the 2nd century AD, were called as the true speaker, for whom the artist is merely a conduit. The artist benefited from the guidance of the Muses. The artist tapped an outside resource, something beyond their conscious, and art was created. I feel that the Muses are an historical representation of the artist's intuitive guidance. The Muses represent the guidance and output of intuitive creativity.

A wonderfully artistic friend shared a thought that triggered my last example. It is very difficult to know anybody. We barely know ourselves. Is a wonder that art somehow connects people? There is a reason! The vision of the artist is shared with their audience. This sharing occurs through one or more of the senses. The audience experiences a relationship with the artist's creation. My friend said that she wrote lyrics that felt right. While there was a rational foundation, my friend found herself using an instinctive process that imbued her lyrics with the feelings of many, and not just herself. My friend's goal was to write so people could include themselves in the song. I admire that! I write with a similar passion. I seek to find the words that connect to the reader. Yes, I want you to rationally understand my words, but I reach intuitively to develop a deeper connection with you. The artist's intuitive creativity brings the audience into the artist's creation.

Do you want to be artistic, but you find yourself stuck? Practice a bit of intuitive imagining. Have a vision of what the outcome of your work will be. See yourself connection with your audience. See you and them participating jointly in your art. My friend nailed it when she said that her goal was “writing so people can write THEMSELVES into the song”. The outcome of intuitive creation may not be what you rationally expect. It will instead be what we need. Use intuitive creativity because it will bless you as an artist while it also blesses your audience.

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Polite Psychics

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:45:22 GMT

A friend of mine is having some difficulties. I thought about peering over their shoulder psychically, but decided not to because it just is not polite, nor is it safe. This blog is about the ethics and safety of psychic reading.

I can do some pretty wiz-bang stuff in the psychic area. I have the potential to do a lot, but I mostly just use intuition to guide myself through the day. I am willing to read a person if their world is bumping into mine, but the focus is on me instead of them. I hold back on the wiz-bang stuff until I am asked, or given permission, to psychically read a person.

Why hold back? Wouldn’t it be really neat to know what people are thinking or what their motivations are? Yeah, about as neat as reading their mail or listening in on their phone conversations. That is to say, it would be more creepy than neat. There are also some very practical reasons why the intuitive person should mind their manners!

People have all kinds of shields. Some are benign, some are not. The benign shields hide the person from psychic thought. Another variety bounces the intuitive probe to a nearby person. You get information, but it is the wrong info. More rarely, but still possible, are the defensive shields that have some “bite”. You don’t get the information and you get a unpleasant surprise.
Some people are readable, but you really don’t want to go there. Think about swimming in toxic waste. My heart goes out to paid psychics who have to dive into some awfully murky waters. Energetically separating yourself from a querent is serious business.
A variant of the shields plus icky people: some people have “beings” around them that would love to mess with the intuitive. Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries guys. If you’ve met these you know what I mean. If you haven’t, well count yourself lucky.
My personal opinion: there are some levels of psychic information that is only available with the cooperation of the querent. They have to give you permission.
You may learn stuff that you really don’t want to know. The thing once seen cannot be unseen. This happens even when people given their permission. With their permission, I was reading a friend recently and saw some things that I chose not to repeat. The information was pretty nasty and I am not infallible, so I chose to give it a pass.
Finally, psychic readers, even really good ones, are fallible. They will misread a querent for any number of good reasons. Another variety of this is that the information is good, but the interpretation is bad. A psychic reader has their own experience as a filter, and there are people with lives so different that the interpretation is faulty. It is good to be able to talk with a querent so situations like this can be sorted out. Blind reading does not offer the opportunity to correct psychic misinterpretations.

That’s a start. Can you think of any points to add? Do you disagree with any of my points? Feedback please!

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Psychic vs. Intuitive

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 22:22:46 GMT

I recently wrote a blog about using psychic abilities to one's advantage. It seemed right to use the word psychic, but feedback to the blog entry brought another thought to mind.

I asked my lovely wife if she thought there was a difference between a person who is a psychic and a person who is a intuitive. She said that a psychic would have at least one highly defined skill. There may not be any skills outside of that skill. She then said that an intuitive would have a wide(r) range of skills that would be weak(er). An analogy would be that the psychic is the pool six foot deep and one foot across. The intuitive would be the pool that six inches deep and six feet across.

What do you think? I have a slightly different opinion that I will blog another time.

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