WHOLENESS 2 - Mar 2010
I am a creative person. Creativity is usually a messy process, so sometimes my work space gets messy. I determine the mess by my standards of messy, which means I’m not very tolerant.
What strikes me is that some of the most creative people I know are incredibly messy! Way beyond anything that I can handle. There is no way I could work in their creative work environment because it seems to always be a mess. Yet, I suspect they couldn’t work in mine either.
I’ve been pondering the relationship between creativity and wholeness. When I sit down to be creative, which for me usually involves writing, I actually need to clean up first. I can’t sit amidst a mess from a previous creative event. Somehow I feel like I’m all strung out in bits and pieces when there is clutter strewn about. I need to feel whole before I can dig in and pull out threads of creative inspiration.
By the time I’m done, as I look about my work space, I feel very satisfied. It’s almost as though I’ve edited out bits of myself that I didn’t need for this particular writing project. The parts of me lie about on the floor and desk, falling off shelves and even in the trash!
I then put those parts back together again in an orderly fashion. Upon reflection, I think when I put them together they may actually end up in a new place or in a new pattern.
With each creative endeavor, I rearrange myself, ever so slightly. It is a cycle of always striving to be whole after dismantling myself again and again.
May you find your creativity amidst your mess or order. May you feel whole when you put everything in its place again.
Cheers, Kate R. Walker
I’ve been pondering the relationship between creativity and wholeness. When I sit down to be creative, which for me usually involves writing, I actually need to clean up first. I can’t sit amidst a mess from a previous creative event. Somehow I feel like I’m all strung out in bits and pieces when there is clutter strewn about. I need to feel whole before I can dig in and pull out threads of creative inspiration.
By the time I’m done, as I look about my work space, I feel very satisfied. It’s almost as though I’ve edited out bits of myself that I didn’t need for this particular writing project. The parts of me lie about on the floor and desk, falling off shelves and even in the trash!
I then put those parts back together again in an orderly fashion. Upon reflection, I think when I put them together they may actually end up in a new place or in a new pattern.
With each creative endeavor, I rearrange myself, ever so slightly. It is a cycle of always striving to be whole after dismantling myself again and again.
May you find your creativity amidst your mess or order. May you feel whole when you put everything in its place again.
Cheers, Kate R. Walker
