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Adventure in Creativity
Cracking open my too narrow, too small, too crowded life
I have been on my adventure with creativity since July 1, so 23 days. I chose to embark on this journey because I had stopped showing up for my writing, which meant I’d stopped showing up for myself, too. When I did show up, my writing felt more forced and less organic, less me. And it was flat, uninspired, and not at all what I am used to producing.
As an avid fan of Elizabeth Gilbert’s, Big Magic, I’ve been reflecting for a few months on the idea of creativity — what it means to me, what it looks like in my life, and how this contrasts with how Elizabeth Gilbert describes it. I realized my perspective of creativity had become too narrow, too small, too crowded by how others defined creativity.
This too small creativity has translated into living a life too small.
As the second half of the year approached, I yearned for a change. I wanted to shake things up in my life and I wanted to start with creativity because I believe each of us is designed to create by our Creator. But it doesn’t end there; we also are invited to create with our Creator. The same Creator who created everything from nothing calls us to create with Him.
That was just the kind of adventure I wanted. I realized my writing was becoming…
