This reminds me of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic and Julia Cameron’s The artist’s way, which speak of creativity as the Universe visiting us. In my journaling club, I always say “and now the universe will take over!” before we write a poem. It makes everybody smile - it’s a bit silly - but it really helps let go of performing and instead approach the writing as an encounter with our generative capacities.
I love how democratic it is: so many of us were raised to only engage in creativity as a performance where we have to be the best. I ask if people like drawing or dancing or writing and they will tell me “I am not good at it”. And the standards of comparison for being good are professional levels. I didn’t ask if you were good at it but if you liked it!
Hell to this. Creativity is our birthright like moving our body is. The Universe visits us all. That’s what I love about having a regular practice of free writing: it made me realize the Universe was always accessible and always had things to say to me. It’s hanging out with my Universe channel, not fighting so people will think I’m the best (which I’m definitely guilty of in more public arts - which feeds my ego when it’s good, at the cost of so much clenching!)
Amen to creativity being a birthright! and I really love that tip “now the universe will take over.” Gonna use that today in the paper maché workshop I’m hosting!
The idea of art replacing religion is so interesting to consider. I will say it reminds me of a TikTok creator I follow who has turned the idea of Bible Study into a study of Taylor Swift lyrics. She goes a little further than I might in these videos (calling Taylor “Our Lord & Savior”, as an example), but I certainly enjoy seeing the similarities between a devotional and one of these videos.
Not to be confused with the new Not Sorry podcast which is its own take on this concept.
I was gonna say that sounds awfully familiar to Let's Ask Taylor Swift!! hahah :) Can you share the link Dallas? I wanna check that out. Thank you for reading + pointing that out!
I think the biggest difference between the podcast and these TikToks are length of time (for obvious reasons) & that the podcast comes in with a question to ask of the song vs the TikTok uses the lyrics to make a statement about what the song can say in our own lives.
This reminds me of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic and Julia Cameron’s The artist’s way, which speak of creativity as the Universe visiting us. In my journaling club, I always say “and now the universe will take over!” before we write a poem. It makes everybody smile - it’s a bit silly - but it really helps let go of performing and instead approach the writing as an encounter with our generative capacities.
I love how democratic it is: so many of us were raised to only engage in creativity as a performance where we have to be the best. I ask if people like drawing or dancing or writing and they will tell me “I am not good at it”. And the standards of comparison for being good are professional levels. I didn’t ask if you were good at it but if you liked it!
Hell to this. Creativity is our birthright like moving our body is. The Universe visits us all. That’s what I love about having a regular practice of free writing: it made me realize the Universe was always accessible and always had things to say to me. It’s hanging out with my Universe channel, not fighting so people will think I’m the best (which I’m definitely guilty of in more public arts - which feeds my ego when it’s good, at the cost of so much clenching!)
Amen to creativity being a birthright! and I really love that tip “now the universe will take over.” Gonna use that today in the paper maché workshop I’m hosting!
The idea of art replacing religion is so interesting to consider. I will say it reminds me of a TikTok creator I follow who has turned the idea of Bible Study into a study of Taylor Swift lyrics. She goes a little further than I might in these videos (calling Taylor “Our Lord & Savior”, as an example), but I certainly enjoy seeing the similarities between a devotional and one of these videos.
Not to be confused with the new Not Sorry podcast which is its own take on this concept.
I was gonna say that sounds awfully familiar to Let's Ask Taylor Swift!! hahah :) Can you share the link Dallas? I wanna check that out. Thank you for reading + pointing that out!
I think the biggest difference between the podcast and these TikToks are length of time (for obvious reasons) & that the podcast comes in with a question to ask of the song vs the TikTok uses the lyrics to make a statement about what the song can say in our own lives.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjMpwK4y/
omg wowowow! thank you for sharing Dallas!!