Secret One: Acknowledging Your Creative Self
I'm excited to be a part of Jamie's current book blogging group. I really enjoyed my experience with Soul Coaching. My favourite parts were getting comments from other people who were sharing my journey, and connecting with them on their blogs. It made me feel part of a community, which is really a very precious thing.
I have read The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women before. It was more than a year ago now. I found the book through Kimberly Wilson's podcast. I was in a horrible job at the time, and I would sneak chapters in when I wasn't busy and the office dragon wasn't around. I liked the book, and definitely got something out of it. I revisited the book again as a part of Kimberly Wilson's Creativity Circle. I noticed some fairly harsh criticism of the book on that go around, and I admit that due to the heavy load of reading (we were working on 3 books at the same time!) I didn't re-read 12 Secrets.
After I read Chapter 1 today, I thought how lucky I am (and how lucky you are!) that we are not in the same position as Gail McMeekin. We have strong female role models in creativity all around us in this wonderful online community. I can think of at least ten women off the top of my head whose blogs I follow, loving their art or craft or their writing and painting. I follow YOUR journeys of creativity, while going on my own. Even if I don't reach out to all of these women, just knowing you are there means that I don't feel so alone. I feel strong women all around me and I know that if you can do it, so can I.
I am a very creative person, but it took me a long time to come to believe that statement, and live it. First and foremost I am a writer and words are my main art form. But I love to dance (only by myself in my house), paint, colour, glue, scrapbook, make origami and doodle. I've been so much happier since embracing the creativity in my soul. I know that I don't have to be the best dancer, or the best painter, or the most perfect writer. I just have to try. And that, my new friends, is the most fun thing of all. All the possible joy that can flow from creativity.
I look forward to reading some of your entries for the first week - I'm so excited!
7 comments:
knowing there are other women out there creating and living their truth is incredibly inspirational. it's good to have you amongst them.
Congratulations on "believing that statement and living it." You're 95% done if you're there!
And I agree, there is so much inspiration and fire in the online circle and beyond. Creative women rock.
How fortunate you were able to find time to let your creative spirit out to play! And truly--thank goodness for the internet. Your a click away from an ocean's worth of inspiration and enthusiastic spirits to chat it up with. I'm excited to read more about your soulful journey!
Much Joy, Many Blissings.~*
Molly
Creativity is our soul's voice. It so makes sense that we are happier when our soul is singing :)
I agree. This is a wonderfully nurturing and amazingly supportive community of love.
I agree that we can now connect with women in this wonderful world of blogs. I also hope that women do this in real time as well and are lucky to find a group of creatives that they could play and create with together in real time!
I look forward to this journey together!
It is inspiring to hear from women who are not only being creative, but who are standing up for and embracing their creativity. One theme in the posts has been how hard this is, how most of us went through a time of repressing, denying, neglecting our creative selves. I did too. I think its part of living in our culture. But how affirming to be in a community of women embracing their creativity fully and letting go of the rest.
I also appreciate your words about not having to be "the best." I create for the joy, balance, and fulfillment I get from the process. Anything else that comes from it is a bonus, and it pales in comparison to the transformative power of just being creative!
I am so with you in celebrating the joy of all the creative, strong women role models in the blogosphere! It's such a joy to connect and be inspired.
I'm so glad you're on this journey :)
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