Let it Flow

Writing is funny. The more i sit here and ponder what to write about the less i am able to think of. Its as if the creative process does not allow anything but spontaneity. Yesterday is a prime example of this. All day i thought about what to write about on my blog, all day i was looking forward to it. Sure i thought of some ok ideas but when i sat down to actually write them i didn’t feel that creative “spark”. It just didn’t feel right. So i ended up not writing anything. I almost made the same mistake today but using yesterday as an example this morning i just sat at my computer and started typing. Im typing now and i have no idea if I’m going to delete this because its shit, or if i stumble onto something worth grasping. It could go either way. But with spontaneity involved it’s more likely, almost guaranteed, to hit on something that resonates deep within me. And if I’m lucky it provokes feelings in others (my readers). Creativity is like a river that constantly flows through me, and maybe everyone. It’s as if i didn’t create the feeling of creativity, i simply am on the same wavelength and can feel it. It feels like a force of nature, a collective feeling, Like all creatives are connected via this flowing stream of creativity. Like water it has its ebbs and flows, high tides and low tides. We creatives are sensitive to the flow of creativity, and somedays we have more creative juice than others. Like the energy that connects all human beings, creativity flows through all human beings. It is a gift that sometimes can also be a curse. Sometimes the flow is much too strong and it overwhelms us. I for one am extremely grateful that i have this “gift”, this ability to feel things that connect all people. If i try to dam it up the flow stops and my brain becomes a chaotic whirlwind of ideas that are moving so quickly and sporadically i cannot catch them. But if i just let if flow, and sit down to write with no preconceived notions or ideas than at a certain point during my writing I’m able to almost divert the flow of creativity and let some of it flow out my my fingers onto the keyboard. A truly unique, almost mesmerizing process which holds many secrets (atleast to me). But in those secrets, the unlit corners, thats where the real good stuff is hiding. Some days I’m lucky enough to access that and write about it, other days it;’s stuck firmly in place with nothing i can do to get it out. Such an interesting process thats its almost hard to explain. Any creative knows exactly what I’m talking about. I wonder- will time and a steady regimen of writing will make those far corners up-river easier to access? I like to think so and at times it seems so. Just as i read someones writing and it inspires me and provokes feelings in me, that is this force of flowing creativity in action. The writer diverted the flow to me and with any luck i will inspire or provoke another person to express themselves, thus diverting the flow of creativity to the next person. Creativity- surely a way of looking at things from different perspectives. But is it a force of nature? Is Love a force of nature? I would argue that if love is considered a force of nature than so is creativity.