Creatives

 

Featured image: The Creative

I believe mystery is at the heart of creativity. Surprise is too.

All too often, we call ourselves creatives, but what we really want is to feel like artists—productive, inspired, original. Yet if we’re honest with ourselves, we don’t always feel that way. I include myself in that truth.

There are so very, very few times I feel like an artist, like I’m truly creating—but when I do, I know it. I sense the mystery, I feel the surprise. And I know those of you who long to be artists, who long to create, feel it too. It’s glorious, isn’t it?

I often ask myself how I can feel that way more often. The answer is always the same: trust the process, not the product.

And that’s hard—because there’s pressure coming at me from so many directions.