The Creative Muse

February 13, 2009 by Iyabo Asani  
Filed under Creativity

I am a huge fan of TED Talks. I love the mix of intellectualism and creativity. Truly, it is thrilling so watch and listen to great minds.

I was working on an article on Creativity and I found this clip by Elizabeth Gilbert who wrote Eat, Love, Pray. I loved her description of the creative process. What blew me away is that I have always felt that opening yourself up to creativity is opening yourself up to the God, Divinity, Divine Intelligence, Source – essentially, the Spiritual Component.

Eat, Pray, Love was one of the books that changed my life. I could relate to the author as searching for something greater than her and it took her to the far flung corners of the earth just to find her own self. This is what happens when you become dissatisfied with all the outer trappings of success.

In my research I discovered that the word “genius” has its roots in spiritual guidance. Think of the word “genie.”

All this research is rather incredible to me as I admire the unfolding of my next offering around awakening your creativity and personal brilliance.

Elizabeth Gilbert

What did you think? Some people feel that creativity has no spiritual component to it. Is that true? What is your creative process? Please leave me comments and let me know.

Thanks

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