I've always felt drawn to people that create. I like to think I have a similar push to create myself but I wonder if it's mainly to justify this draw I have to creative types, an admiration for what they do, or if it's a genuine desire within myself. At times I get so frustrated that I have these elements of stories that I want to tell, sounds I want to scrape into a song or scenes and people I want to capture emotional and spiritual essences of but can't quite bridge the chasm between desire and acting on that desire.
I need to build community and nurture connections, a theme I keep coming back to in this blog. I need to stop being so damn anxious about it. Maybe I just need a bit more faith in what I have to say.
A Day Outside
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Wow! Can I say the fear associated with creating something never goes away. The only way to overcome it is to feel the fear and do it anyway. I suspect that's how all people create.
One of the reasons why creating something is so important to me is because I'm tired of taking advantage of everyone else's creativity (books, music, movies, etc.) and contributing nothing myself. Also, I think as we grow older, we want to leave something behind, something that makes a difference in other people's lives. A little bit of immortality, perhaps.
My best advice? Get started. Start small. If writing is what fires you up, you MUST write a daily journal to get in the habit of putting down words. Or write something here on your blog everyday. There's no time like the present to start. Make it happen.
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