Art & Creativity

I've also included this on a new blog of mine (Tao of Art): taoofart.blogspot.com

Last night I listened to a lecture from Ananda on Creativity from a Spiritual perspective.

It was very interesting. I began to see my own problems with art. Sometimes my art takes over. It makes me forget my family… my spiritual path, meditation, and so much more. The art becomes the biggest aspect of my life… when it certainly isn’t.

What I learned in the live lecture – was that it is the lack of being centered and lack of Joy. What’s going on, is that my desires are for the acceptance of others. When that becomes the goal of the art – the art distorts into a monolith of focus. Everything else begins to shadow in comparison.

Staying centered, in the moment is the way to real creativity.

I asked how I could get joy to overcome my problems with wanting to be accepted by others. The answer I was given came down to:

Be in the moment – we create in the moment. When we think “my public will like this,” or “this will impress others…” we have lost the moment. We are thinking of the future. That future focus, can flip a person into obsession.

Joy is the essence of creativity. We can cultivate joy by focusing on the moment. Being at our heart center. Try focusing on the heart, or Ajna chakra when doing something artistic.

Energy – “you don’t have to create energy, it’s already there – just remove the blocks to it.”
To remove the blocks to energy:
Have the right attitude
Overcome Laziness
Practice Meditation
Remove all people, places, things that take away from our full potential… from books, music, movies to people… be surrounded instead, by the things that do not limit our potential.