Finding time to be creative

(photo above is of Flora Bowley's art studio, check out her amazing little line with Papaya! here)

I want to pass on this fantastic article by treasured writer Anne Lamott (Author of Bird By Bird) that focuses on ideas and the true worth of making time, in the midst of our hurried lives to go to the depths of our creativity.

I begin with my core belief—and the foundation of almost all wisdom traditions—that there is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder. But the good news is that creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty.

Then I bring up the bad news: You have to make time to do this. -Anne Lamott

It's ok to give up a night of watching the news, cleaning the house, or an hour of websurfing social media sites, to give yourself back the time we all complain we don't have enough of. Time to write a page of that novel, time to cook a gourmet meal, time to garden, time to make art. The things that inspire us, are the things we will remember 20 years from now, they are the true riches that we are all sitting on.

Anne Lamott's full article via sunset magazine on time lost and found.

 

Comments

[Elizabeth Tipton]

I've loved Anne lamott for a long time. I used to give "Operating Instructions" to all my friends when they had kids, gave "Bird by Bird" to my ex-husband when he was trying to write a screen play, and went to see her read "Traveling Mercies" on her book tour. She's a marvel, funny and grounded in ways we need more of these days.

Thanks for offering this up, I was unaware she wrote this, what a great reminder at the beginning of the week!

[Chelsy]

Inspiring! Thank you!