241215 What I learned in my studies this morning 5*
Today's Meditation(s):
The Creative Act: A Way of Being, by Rick Rubin
Still struggling with my lack of creativity. Trying to figure out if I'm making any progress or if this book is merely redefining creativity to encompass too much. Watering the term down to the point of meaninglessness.
The Creative Act: A Way of Being, by Rick Rubin
Still struggling with my lack of creativity. Trying to figure out if I'm making any progress or if this book is merely redefining creativity to encompass too much. Watering the term down to the point of meaninglessness.
I come with a traditional concept of creativity: making new stuff. Doesn't matter if it's in painting or an impromptu plan or a symphony or an unexpected way out of it jam, creativity brings something new.
I'm good at combining things within a set of rules. Give me a system and I can almost always figure out how to make it run with a high degree of success. Make it purr.
But create the system? Find a solution from outside? Unlikely. It's happened, but oh so rarely.
When creativity becomes anything, becomes a way of looking rather than a feat of doing, is it something new? Is it no longer what I'm searching for? Or is it exactly what I need?
When creativity becomes anything, becomes a way of looking rather than a feat of doing, is it something new? Is it no longer what I'm searching for? Or is it exactly what I need?
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Please note that I am not saying I agree or disagree with what is posted above. It is merely a recording of what I read this morning.