tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post4919263788231363649..comments2023-08-22T05:06:48.916-07:00Comments on JR Snyder Jr: Geography of the MindJR Snyder Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-15873794400022831252011-02-14T17:45:47.190-07:002011-02-14T17:45:47.190-07:00You've hit the crux of what I was getting at w...You've hit the crux of what I was getting at with a lot more clarity, especially with your two points. I hadn't thought in a very long time about the idea that as you succinctly put it: "creative thoughts are gifts, and maybe we wouldn't appreciate them if we had complete 24/7/365 access to the source."<br /><br />That's absolutely dead on. My post (and probably the next two that I've already written) seemed a bit muddled to me but that's because I'm working through my thoughts and seeming lack of inspiration. <br /><br />Your commentary is quite insightful because it reminded me of basic precepts that all creative people need to bear in mind...except that it's hard to when in the middle of a creative funk. I've referred in the past to your idea of "silent partner" as the "invisible hand of the creator" but I like your way of putting it much better.<br /><br />Sometimes I think we take things for granted and forget they are gifts and should appreciate them as such. That said, I'm seeming to come out of my little Saharan venture and ideas are popping up again.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!JR Snyder Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-17139379561737898132011-02-14T17:34:49.548-07:002011-02-14T17:34:49.548-07:00I think I understand to some extent the "empt...I think I understand to some extent the "empty" feeling that goes along with not creating anything for a while. I've experienced the same thing any number of times, and though I can't say it's ever really depressed me it has made me wonder what was going on. I think depression and confusion are pretty close together when it comes to reactions to creativity's "temporary avoidance".<br /><br />I take at least two positive things from it (and I don't see them when I'm in the middle of wondering but they're obvious later):<br /><br />1) Creativity (at least as I feel it in myself) never stays away for long and has always returned with force.<br /><br />1a) Upon returning it always offers up the feeling that it had been lurking inside my unconscious (or otherwise just outside of any place I could perceive), doing the work it had to do and maybe keeping me out of the way for a little while.<br /><br />Maybe it's foolish to think this, but I do: I believe that anything "creative" that I come up with had its start somewhere else, that some other power helped me out, made the connections of thought, and stuffed the ideas into my head and heart at the times it knew I could make good use of them. I think I have a really, really perceptive silent partner in anything creative I manage to do. I have no idea who or what that partner is but it always feels good to receive the ideas.<br /><br />I guess I boil it down to: the creative thoughts are gifts, and maybe we wouldn't appreciate them if we had complete 24/7/365 access to the source. I don't know; just a possibility.<br /><br />Very cool and thought-provoking post, JR!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com