Thoughts on Creativity from a Left Brained Friend

My friend, Jenna and I have unique conversations about creativity and personality. I liked what she was sharing and asked her to write a post for Vertical Creativity. Her she is, in her own words...

I’ll admit it – I’m a left-brained, A-type, list-loving, logic-abiding, balance-the-checkbook, dot-the-i’s and cross the t’s kind of gal. I can’t hold a tune, can’t paint a picture, can’t sculpt clay, and can’t deliver a line to save my life. So what the heck am I doing blogging on a creativity website?! Well, I’ve been learning that creativity has nothing to do with artistic ability – thank goodness! - and that I’m creating every moment of every day, whether I realize it or not. I may be creating beauty or I may be creating chaos, but I’m creating!

Beautiful creativity stems from an inner awareness, not an external talent. Creativity begins with perspective. When I wake up each morning, do I feel restricted by the routine and demands of the day, or do I anticipate all the miracles God has up his sleeve? Is my creativity imprisoned by the appointments, the office, the carpools, the chores… or do I eagerly expect the Spirit’s charisma to whirl through my daily encounters? Am I pounding through my list of things to do, or am I connecting to the Source of creativity, dancing through my day with the Divine?

When my perspective allows for joyful expectation of God’s moment-by-moment presence, my lenses brighten and my vision expands. This awareness of the Spirit’s presence allows me the choice to create beauty in tandem with the Master Creator, or create the all too familiar chaos all by myself. I don’t have a choice about whether or not to be creative – but I can choose how and what I create.

So today as I tap away on my 10-key and analyze tax plans, I’ll know God’s eternal presence. As I pick the boys up from track practice and cart them to their appointments, I’ll feel God’s hand on the wheel. And as I season the tilapia and toss the dinner salad, I’ll choose to co-create beauty – regardless of my artistic inadequacy, my right-brain anemia, or my infamous title as most incompetent cook. ~ Jenna Peeler

You can visit Jenna's blog, Perpetual Providence, the heart of personal finance.

Grace & peace ~ deAnn