You Are... Creative

“To live a creative life, we must lose the fear of being wrong.” –Joseph Pearce

Oh fear. That little dark room where negatives are developed, as I’ve heard it described before, can cause such heart-ache. Why is it, that something so minute as the fear of failure, can destroy one’s ability to live creatively? Perhaps, it is not the power fear has, but rather the extent of our lives we let fear dominate.

In my opinion, living a creative life doesn’t mean making collages every day, or finger painting all the time. Instead, I think it means having the courage to abandon our fear of imperfection. I may make it sound simple in writing, but, this is also something I struggle with. We all must continue to strive, not for perfection, but for joy in imperfection.

One of my favorite sayings is, “If you stumble, make it part of the dance.”  Your life, your dance, is only as colorful as you create it to be. The mistakes you make along the way don’t destroy the dance. Those mistakes could even be what take your dance on the road to becoming a masterpiece.

Art is said to be a work in progress, always changing according to each individual’s point of view. The art, the dance (whichever you prefer) you are creating is a work in progress. If you change your perspective, you may just find that what you are creating is a joyous imperfection; one to be celebrated.

You are creative.

Feel Free to Quote Me.