The crafts to which we dedicate so much of ourselves are perpetually incomplete. We endeavor to accomplish some feat - of technical prowess, profound written wisdom, auditory genius, mechanical ingenuity.
This achievement requires an elusive ingredient - creativity.
Sometimes this comes in abundance and we coast easily to a completed product. More often, the result evades us at some point in the process and we find ourselves confronting something vexing: inspiration.
When this inevitability occurs, what do we do? We lament the creative block and wait for, or attempt to contrive, an inspiring path. But what do we do when the path is sequestered?
Well, gentle reader, we kick down the door.
Pursuing creativity as a state that exists on the other side of some perceived boundary is doing nothing to weaken the boundary. If inspiration is the obstacle, the obstacle is the way. What we routinely perceive or call inspiration may actually be a barrier.
Behind mountains are more mountains. Your creativity is always there.
To push the proverbial a bit more, arriving at creative reflexion or productivity isn’t arrival. There is always another dimension of struggle to overcome. The stoic way is a discipline of action. Overcoming by doing - even if you don’t fully grasp where it is you’re going. The act of taking action can dismantle our obstacles.
Such is the path of finding creativity without inspiration.
A creative path forward can be devised by the simple act of starting. Allocate an hour to starting and see what happens. Perhaps the energy and momentum you generate will finally release you into the next creative dimension.
Break down the doors!
clarity