Getting Down To The Nuts And Bolts Of Creative Practice
Source: HEXIN Author: xxxxxxxxxx.com Time: 2013-12-06
The popular conception of a free spirited, creative life, full of inspiration and imaginative productivity is an enticing proposition. But it's not quite that straightforward.
The reason is that there are many more ingredients that you need to add to the mix before your creative life can come to productive fruition. The freedom of the creative life goes hand in hand with the commitment to a creative practice. This is the creativity paradox. Ask any successful artist, writer or musician about their success and they will tell you their tale of long practice hours, hard work, strength of will and dedication. They'll tell you, too, about how they're always learning, always striving to improve, seeking and trying out new techniques and fine tuning the old ones. They'll confirm to you what Thomas Edison so famously proclaimed in the early 1900's: "None of my inventions came by accident... I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration."