This made me cry....I feel inspired and joyous and encouraged to keep doing my art (not that stopping is an option!). Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love" discusses the fears and insecurities that arise in artists when faced with the daunting task of having to express genius...every time they make something. She suggests that it is the perspective that creative genius is personal, a characteristic of the individual rather than an external godly force that strikes or flows through the artist, that hinders us to feel free in our creating. Our job is to "show up for work" and allow for inspiration to join us.
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That was beautiful! Elizabeth Gilbert is a great thinker as a lot of writers are. The last song I wrote was sitting around in my brain for a year, and then the creative mojo that started it decided to finish it off on Christmas day. It was the only present I received this year. Really!
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