|
Greetings!
 The other night, I had a conversation with a doctor who wants to come on next year's "Weaving Words & Women" retreat in Peru. She confessed, though, that the idea of "being creative" intimidates her. A doctor? Now that's an intimidating profession.
Why is it that the word "creative" causes the pulse to race and palms to sweat? The words "create" and "creature" are rooted in the same Latin noun: "creatura." Like procreate, or bring to bear. Yet the word 'creature" isn't especially intimidating (unless its the Creature From the Black Lagoon). Yet we seem to think that "creation" is more about how the world was formed, more about making ART, rather than leaving a simple track along life's path. What if we put a new spin on creativity, and on all the ways we, as human beings, express ourselves, all the ways we bring our vision to bear on the world around us. How can nature, and animals--our fellow creatures--help us to do this? What is it about being in their presence, or being outdoors, that enables the creative process?
 NATURE LOVES CHAOS--that messy, murky process of creation. Yet within nature's chaos lurks a grand design. Does our creativity also have a wild, chaotic side? Like nature--writing and art and cooking and gardening and yes, even doctoring--all these ways we organically express our creativity--can be messy, and murky. There is always deadfall and debris.
How does nature and the animal world unleash your creativity? We would love to know. This short piece will be posted on the blog, All Things Natural. All Things Literary. Please scroll down to leave a comment.
Blessings, Page |
