Emotions and Thoughts in the Creative Process

Some people walk away from creative endeavours when they're feeling emotional, or by taking a break and getting some distance. Others use their art to process challenging emotional experiences; pouring their heart out into their work or using it as a cathartic experience.

..."Many of the artists described highly creative times when they are responding to strong emotions and want to express them through their art — transduce them from one form of energy to another.

...Sometimes I hear people say that they'll get to their creative project, their creative dream, as soon as things "calm down" in their life. And yet it's the creative process itself that's usually the most effective at bringing about the calmness of mind and emotional stillness that we crave.

...When we feel, we begin to be alive. When we express a feeling, we share with the rest of the world that we are alive. When we express a feeling through music, we invite the rest of the world to share in our experience of the feeling, and to be alive with us.

I think the sharing of feeling through various forms of creativity is the strongest tool we have for communicating and fostering change. Creative humor, Abbie Hoffman inspired antics, textures of turbulent jazz, and somber words all have the strength to inspire free thought, social interaction and cohesiveness. Somehow I think we can do better than FOX news. posted by Cyndy | link | | |
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