True
art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist (Albert
Einstein)
Without
this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt
we owe to play of imagination is incalculable (Carl Jung)
The
creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a
lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person (Frank Barron)
My
creativity has been dormant for a while. Earlier this week though, I was like a
creature obsessed. My art making paraphernalia were scrabbled out of the
cupboards. I was on a mission to make art. I worked in my journals, using older
art: ripping, tearing, cutting, collaging, I created in frenzy. But at the same
time, on another level, it was a calm meditation time for me; I was oblivious
to the world and felt a little harried when the world intruded on my fantasical
haven.
I
was quite caught up and fascinated by this irresistible urge to create. My desk
although I attempted to tidy it, still bears remnants of this mad spree.
If
I just let go, what other irresistible urges will emerge?
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