An Image of the Creative Process
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 08:41AM I arrived home late last night from leading an intense, but good, 1.5 day retreat in Missouri. As I was getting reoriented to changes in the home landscape since my departure, l found a sculpture my 15 year old son, Andrew, created. It inspired me so much that I thought you might also be inspired. Here's what Andrew had to say about it:
"This sculpture, inspired by Joseph Cornell, is symbolic of the flow of the creative process. In the first box on the right, you'll find a map, a plant and a human figurine. These represent general sources of inspiration (culture, nature, family). Supported by those things is a cup filled with pebbles that flow out into the second box. The pebbles are representative of an idea that pours out into the present day (the second box) and brings up products of creativity (such as music, companies and new knowledge). In the third box you will find an open book, symbolic of a blank slate for the future, to be filled with whereever your creativity leads you. The violin enclosing the box is representing a way I often find inspiration and vent out creativity: music. If you look carefully, you will see a gold thread that represents the creative energy that weaves through it all."
As a facilitator or catalyst for creativity with groups or leaders, I find myself in agreement and a bit in awe of Andrew's depiction of the creative process. I often begin by getting people reconnected with their sources of inspiration-- engaging people spiritually, emotionally, relationally and physically. This engagement with sources of inspiration, along with a good dose of creative energy, is essential for people's cups to be overflowing with pebbles of ideas. You need more than one pebble to actually create something. Often our cups are filled with stress, worry, fear, anxiety, negative thoughts or other non-creative energy that must be released before any pebble-making is possible. In addition to some sort of glass emptying process, I find myself helping the group or individual find or restore their golden thread. There are many different tools I use, but often my standby's are music, meditation, Visual Explorer and, of course, One Hat At A Time. (For guidance on how to use these hats to break the ice, create ideas and more, see our Energizing Groups with Hats guide. For more ideas, visit Coaching Toys.)
I love that Andrew recognized many different forms that creative "products" take. Some people don't believe they are creative because they don't recognize the "product" of their work as creative. They reserve the "creative" for works of art, music, dance, etc. Yet we all know that innovation is the ground rhythm of our culture. What does creativity look like in your world? How are you strengthening and acknowledging the golden thread of creativity in your life and/or work?
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