The Fear of Artistic Creativity (and what you can do when you step through it!)
May 10th 2008 01:14
Wow...has it really been two months since I posted an article. I could muse upon perceptions of time but that is a whole other post!!
My last post was actually a channeled poem that I created to become part of a video project.
An amazing photographer called Rupert Davis in London wrote to me about wanting to create a short film piece using his photos as the images. He asked me to provide the words.
It was simple agreement...before Rupert even set his intentions I knew it would embrace the new energy with themes of creativity and joy.
Rupert also knew a very talented videographer, Vicki Gratz in Colorado. Vicki was connected to us through our involvement with the Crimson Circle, a spiritual family that we have been a part of since 2000.
There was one last person to find, a musician to create a soundtrack and this was the one and only part of the project that took some detours to finding them. Several lined up but decided not to play.Through one of these we found Yanna Volfinzon in Holland. Yanna looked at the images and then placed my poem on the music stand of her piano and just played as she read the words. When I now hear her piece it is impossible to imagine anyone else or any other piece of music being a part of this.
Vicki then had the amazing task of pulling it all together. That old saying that the "sum of the parts is greater than just the simple addition of their values" (or whatever it is along those lines) is something I now really get.
The final creation has now been seen by thousands of people as it was graciously shown on the Crimson Circle monthly webcast which has an estimated audience of 20,000 people across the world. We have had emails saying that people have cried as they watched it and someone even asked if they could show it at their aunt's funeral.
It never amazes me that something that anyone creates can connect with anothers emotions. It has been an aspect of artistic creativity that has grabbed at my curiosity since I was a child. This creation has helped me answer that.
When we create from that pure feeling space, without limits or doubts, it can be felt beyond the words or the brushstrokes. We can look upon a painting and see so much more than the images and we can read more than the story. We are being offered a window into that part of each of us that can communicate through the mind. It is that magic part of us that we get taught to bury in order to fit it in.
This is why artists and performers can draw our adulation and reverence. They are the ones who have dared to show and explore the very parts of ourselves we fear. One of my favorite quotes is from Van Gogh. He said "If you wish to paint but a voice inside you says 'don't', then paint anyway and that voice will be silenced." I really believe that steppign thorugh the fear is as simple as just starting to do what you passion calls you to.
It is also about beginning with no expectations.....but that is a whole other post again.
Please enjoy our video...and please pass the link onto anyone you feel will enjoy it.
I suggest you sit and take a few deep breaths before you begin to really drink it in.....
New Energy Breath Video
My last post was actually a channeled poem that I created to become part of a video project.
An amazing photographer called Rupert Davis in London wrote to me about wanting to create a short film piece using his photos as the images. He asked me to provide the words.
It was simple agreement...before Rupert even set his intentions I knew it would embrace the new energy with themes of creativity and joy.
Rupert also knew a very talented videographer, Vicki Gratz in Colorado. Vicki was connected to us through our involvement with the Crimson Circle, a spiritual family that we have been a part of since 2000.
There was one last person to find, a musician to create a soundtrack and this was the one and only part of the project that took some detours to finding them. Several lined up but decided not to play.Through one of these we found Yanna Volfinzon in Holland. Yanna looked at the images and then placed my poem on the music stand of her piano and just played as she read the words. When I now hear her piece it is impossible to imagine anyone else or any other piece of music being a part of this.
Vicki then had the amazing task of pulling it all together. That old saying that the "sum of the parts is greater than just the simple addition of their values" (or whatever it is along those lines) is something I now really get.
The final creation has now been seen by thousands of people as it was graciously shown on the Crimson Circle monthly webcast which has an estimated audience of 20,000 people across the world. We have had emails saying that people have cried as they watched it and someone even asked if they could show it at their aunt's funeral.
It never amazes me that something that anyone creates can connect with anothers emotions. It has been an aspect of artistic creativity that has grabbed at my curiosity since I was a child. This creation has helped me answer that.
When we create from that pure feeling space, without limits or doubts, it can be felt beyond the words or the brushstrokes. We can look upon a painting and see so much more than the images and we can read more than the story. We are being offered a window into that part of each of us that can communicate through the mind. It is that magic part of us that we get taught to bury in order to fit it in.
This is why artists and performers can draw our adulation and reverence. They are the ones who have dared to show and explore the very parts of ourselves we fear. One of my favorite quotes is from Van Gogh. He said "If you wish to paint but a voice inside you says 'don't', then paint anyway and that voice will be silenced." I really believe that steppign thorugh the fear is as simple as just starting to do what you passion calls you to.
It is also about beginning with no expectations.....but that is a whole other post again.
Please enjoy our video...and please pass the link onto anyone you feel will enjoy it.
I suggest you sit and take a few deep breaths before you begin to really drink it in.....
New Energy Breath Video
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