Project Reverb prompt: “What does being creative mean to you? How do you express your creativity?”

Being creative means showing up with an open heart and no agenda, allowing whatever might arise.

Being creative means committing to a regular routine and ritual, being present and ready.

Being creative means relaxing, allowing space, cultivating a quiet confidence.

Being creative means being awake and alive.

Being creative means knowing I might not get what I want.

Being creative means enduring, being patient.

Being creative means cultivating a faithfulness to my experience.

Being creative means being both gentle and fierce, soft and strong.

Being creative means attending to the knowing that is present in every moment.

Being creative means discipline, which also means harmony.

Being creative means being curious, having a sense of humor.

Being creative means following my intuition, honoring my truth and not knowing.

Being creative means dancing with what is, holding space.

Being creative means practice, precision, surrender.

Being creative means honoring what I have to give, to offer, to share.

Being creative means knowing that nothing is mine, nothing I create is “me,” so can give it all away, let it go.

Being creative means freedom, but also relationship and connection.

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If you haven’t already, you can listen to me talk about creativity with Jamie Ridler on her Creative Living with Jamie podcast.