Necessary Togetherness

“I get so much joy out of creating that I’m always encouraging others to join in. They’re missing out on the fun because they’re too focused on producing a great result. Art is in the doing. It isn’t important how it turns out. The process is where the pleasure, the learning and the experience take place. A day without some sort of creative endeavor is a wasted and lost day.” ~ Myrna Wacknov (age 65)

What about this quote really speaks to you?
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For me it's the line, "focused on producing a great result." I admit, the creative life that lays below the surface of my heart is a scaredy-cat. It takes serious positive self talk to even get out my pencils and sketch pad! Crazy, I know. But we hear that "inner critic" and listen to that voice instead of the One who created the creativity within us. That is why we need one another, to encourage creativity. The Triune God created/creates in community. I think that is something we ought to do as well, hence the purpose for the ministry, Vertical Creativity. Creative synergy happens when two more more are gathered. I've heard the phrase, "God shows up when two or more are gathered." Coincidence? I don't think so...

Alone I sit here at my laptop, writing this post, and creativity is surging through my veins (this topic fires me up!). Writing is my outlet. It comes easy (most of the time). It's the other creative realms that I really need creative community to urge me along. Like drawing or painting. Cooking was that way for a while. I was petrified to cook because I never learned how to do it. But a dear friend took me under his wing and together - we have cooked up creative gourmet meals for our spouses. After spending time together in the kitchen, I now have confidence that never before existed. I've become a creative culinary genius! (well, that's a bit dramatic, but I now love cooking challenging recipes and they actually are quite tasty!)

We need each other, a creative community, in which to explore the creative life that was given to each of us by the Triune God. We need encouragement from one another to live into the creative being within us.

Okay, so I have this "Knitting for Dummies" kit and I'd love to hook up with some people and learn to knit. Sure, I could read the instructional booklet by myself, but it's more fun learning when in creative community.

Grace & Peace on the journey ~ deAnn Roe