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Just published: Martha Treat January 2023
Keeping Our Creative Spirit Alive and Moving
We have all had those experiences when suddenly the inner knowing part of us takes over and we are spontaneously moving in a completely different direction. My recent experience took place at the beginning of my weekly writing session with a friend. I mentioned wanting more spaciousness in my office to create a wall for painting and a space for drawing, and in popped the vision of how to do it.
So instead of two hours of writing, I started moving furniture, and then a new home for consulting supplies became clear and there was room to bring in my art supplies. In a very short time, I had that blank wall for painting! The experience was magical and the expansion ridiculously energizing.
My creative artist friend from the east coast happened to call and once again, spontaneously I was gathering my watercolors and she was directing me how to mix them and how to work on the wall surface. I painted with a very large calligraphy brush. Doing this has been a vision of mine for some time. As she often does, my wise friend moved to the spirit of the occasion even though that was not likely why she had called.
Later the same day I did my annual signing of a fresh copy of my client tool, Taking Action to Completion Next Steps. Clients choose to sign it or not, to support their continued commitment to completing. I sign one each January to keep me in my integrity. This year I noticed this line: “I take full responsibility for creating space and time for creative work:” Given my experience that day it now reads:
- Asking and listening for my highest creative expression in this moment.
To me that is the true next action to keeping our creative Spirits alive and flowing. And if I listen and hear to do x when I thought or planned to do y, I would be wise to follow that wisdom.
Action does not have to be linear or scheduled. Inner listening for direction gives us access to a greater flow than what our minds might choose out of habitual practices. Taking a moment and inviting ourselves to listen to what is most aligned for us to complete in this moment can invite spontaneity that keeps the joy of doing alive.
We each deserve the blessing of aligned spontaneity each moment.
Martha Invitations
1. Listen before rushing in to do and see if there is a higher action to complete..
2. Choose the inner knowing direction before sliding back to more comfortable behavior.
3. Do everything you can to keep your joy alive in the doing.
Martha
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