The creative act is characterized by a playful pursuit of inspiration, that is both eager and relaxed, willful yet undemanding.
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It's no coincidence that inspiration has been mythologized in all human culture as a muse or an immaterial spirit that is invited & invoked.
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Our ancestors codified the creative process and separated inspiration from the individual, and for good reason.
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The myths and stories were meant to illustrate that inspiration requires will through action and spontaneous impression which is not willed.
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That spontaneous impression translated into action is divine inspiration, or the god within, as the literal translation from Latin.
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The Greek word έμπνευση, which translate to inspiration, comes from έν (with) and νεύμα (breath)—with breath, or to breathe in, to receive.
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But νεύμα has the curious property of also being translated into "blow" or "blowing in". So inspiration is to both breathe in, and blow out.
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The inspired creative act is a perfect balance between receiving the breath of inspiration, and blowing it out; both will and spontaneity.
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We can only account for the part of creativity within our will: our practice, our preparation, our daily creative rituals.
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The bird flies away nine out of ten times. But one out of ten, it comes to the nest.
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Replying to @mistermircea
No nest, no bird. The bird is the word.https://youtu.be/VI40YEWllRg
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