reflections on the creative process
to me, creating is breathing. as i go through life, in every breath i take, i see possibilities to shift the material of my surroundings. i feel called to rearrange what is into what has not yet been. i see possibility in the mundane. as material is moved with this guided energy, new forms arise. i think back to my prolific creative years of early childhood. when my surroundings were a tactile playground of possibility. where i found power, autonomy, and freedom in this process of creation. of getting lost in it. when the world was not quite right for me, i sank into my imagination. i delved into the inner possibilities. hours of drawing, writing, cutting, potion making. all in search for the inner feeling of what was right. learning what fit together, what didn't. tracing that subtle feeling of alignment. listening to myself with every cut, with every ingredient of an expansive session. i am quite jupiter led after all. all creators know, there is an internal drive that gui...
