Well, no problem there....

I asked my dad a few years ago, when he finally started feeling "like a grown-up"? He put his hand on my shoulder and said, “I’ll let you know when it happens to me, Babe.”

We’re all figuring this thing out.

My insides tie into a little knot when I hear comments about how I’m “so lucky to have talent”. It makes me squirm because, the way I see it, everyone has their lane. We’re all learning all of the time. We’re all armatures in our unique ways.

Creativity is a mystery, so, naturally, there are theories about how it works. One thing I know for sure is that creativity to me is not a Lone Ranger, downloading-new-ideas-in-a-vacuum kind of thing. When inspiration comes to me it’s always within a community, in my context, seeping in through books, conversations, teachings...always reflecting my culture and communities.

Musician, Brian Eno, says he finds his greatest creativity is birthed when a group of creative individuals who make up what he calls an “ecology of talent”- artists, curators, thinkers, theorists, spiritual seekers - get together to support each other. I fully agree. My theory is that real creativity DEPENDS on diverse humans come together who are open to flowing in the Spirit, having conversations, collaborating, and nurturing each other’s ideas.

Much of art-making happens in quiet, focused times and places; like a prayer, like a meditation. Those times are like break-out sessions where I can let out the growing inspiration I’ve received in the other 90% of life. (Quote photo credit: Show Your Work, Austin Kleon, https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/)