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When we feel safe, our creativity unfolds like a beautiful flower. To understand how fear blocks creativity, take a moment to
imagine yourself telling a story. First, imagine telling the story to someone
you love and who loves you. You probably feel warmth and energy as you fill
in the details of your tale to your friend's delight. Now, imagine telling
the same story to someone who, for whatever reason, makes you uncomfortable.
The wonderful twists and turns, the fine points and colorful images that
unfolded in your mind for your friend probably won't present themselves. Instead
of warmth, energy, and creativity, you will probably feel opposite sensations
and a desire to close down. When we feel unsafe, whether we fear being
judged, disliked, or misunderstood, our creative flow stops. Alternately,
when we feel safe, our creativity unfolds like a beautiful flower,
without conscious effort. Knowing this, we can maximize our creative potential by creating the
conditions that inspire our creativity. In order to really be in the flow, we
need to feel safe and unrestricted. However, achieving this is not as simple
as avoiding people who make us feel uncomfortable. Sometimes we can be alone
in a room and still feel totally blocked. When this happens, we know we have
come up against elements in our own psyches that are making us feel fearful.
Perhaps we are afraid that in expressing ourselves we will discover something
we don't want to know, or unleash emotions or ideas that we don't want to be
responsible for. Or maybe we're afraid we'll fail to produce something
worthy.
When you're up against fear, internal or external, ritual can be a powerful
-- and creative -- antidote. Before you sit down to be creative, try casting
a circle of protection around yourself. Visualize yourself inside a ring of
light, protective fire, or angels. Imagine that this protective energy
emanates unconditional love for you and wants to hear, see, and feel
everything you have to express. Take a moment to bathe in the warmth of
this feeling and then fearlessly surrender yourself to the power that flows
through you.
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