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Mind, at least as we normally know
it and experience it, is the produce of the experiences of life that
we have had. Any experience mind has is characterizes by mind the
best mind can do based on the experiences it has had As such, any
new experience one has may, or may not, be properly characterized by
mind. Unless one has a minimum set of requisite experience to
understand a new experience, mind will improperly characterize or
describe what it experiences. A truly creative endeavor is to
experience something that does not yet exist. Hence mind will not be
able to see what needs to occur until a minimum set of requisite
experience is obtained to see how all the pieces fit together.
As one gains the pieces to this minimum set of experiences, mind
will more accurately characterize what it experiences. Hence,
whenever one experiences something that is truly creative and has
not been previously experience, mind will be hard pressed to provide
an accurate interpretation of what is experienced. Other than
discarding experiences it does not understand, it will look to its
past to find that experience or those experiences that most look
like what is currently being experienced. This in turn recasts the
new experience in the form of the past. Additionally, in a creative
endeavor since what it faces is unknown, when you need to enter the
unknown, you may find mind may find mind projecting some or all the
fears of the past on that unknown rather than looking objectively
face the true hazards that may be present.
In many ways obtaining the minimum set of requisite experience is
like putting together a picture puzzle or a mosaic. Some pieces give
you more information than another. But until you get a minimum set
of pieces laid out, you cannot see exactly what picture the puzzle
makes. You many not need a particular set of pieces to see the
picture but there is a minimum set of pieces you must have before
you are sure of the picture. So too any creative endeavor. Until you
get that minimum set of requisite experience, where each experience
is like a puzzle piece, you cannot see all that needs to be done for
the creative effort. How long it takes to get all the necessary
pieces for that minimum set is entirely dependent on what you desire
to create and from were you start your creative effort.
In any truly creative effort, there is obviously more information
than required that is nice to know. That is, there are more pieces
to the puzzle than that minimum set. Then there is the information
your mind thinks it need to know but does not give you part of that
minimum set and many not ever be relevant to the creative endeavor.
Finally, there is the information you need to know. The question is
how do you get what you need to know within the constrains of the
time and money available to you. Unfortunately, you don’t know. You
have to surrender to the creative process and
pay the price
whatever it may be to create what you desire.
From personal experience in my early creative endeavors, as I think
we all do, I did what my mind considered should be done. However, I
was also open to what my
intuitive guidance
provided about the journey. In the end I found what my mind lead me
to do was no where near as fruitful as compared to what my intuitive
guidance lead me to do relative to my creative endeavors. In many
ways I had to “burn off” the belief that my mind knew what to do. In
time I learned to just follow my intuitive guidance and use my mind
to make it safe to acquire the experience my intuitive guidance was
directing me to have.
So too in your creative journeys. Your intuitive guidance will lead
you to the minimum set of requisite experience in the fastest way.
We only need to be open to act on what intuitive guidance provides
and use our mind to find a way to safely
honor what intuitive guidance
provides.
The topics “Using
creative play to recreate oneself “ and “Why
the second half of the journey took nine years” discuss the
issue of obtaining the minimum set of experience for a particular
creative endeavor. The creative endeavor was exploring creativity
which eventually gave rise to the
Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity understanding. These
discussion may provides some insights as to what you may expect in
your creative endeavors while you obtain that minimum set of
experiences to create what you desire.
Related topics
Using creative play to recreate oneself
Why the second half of the journey took nine years
Lessons learned
Mistakes and the creative process
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