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The Heart of Writing by Suzanne Murray, available at Amazon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Guest Blogger Suzanne Murray encourages creativity by surrendering. \u00a0

SURRENDER IS CRITICAL TO CREATIVITY<\/strong>

We can\u2019t force creativity. We know this intuitively. If we told a painter that we wanted a masterpiece by five o\u2019clock tomorrow, they would look at us like we were crazy; that we clearly didn\u2019t understand what being creative was all about.

An important part of being creative is learning to surrender to the flow of the universe, allowing something greater than our everyday self to move through us. It\u2019s not something we can figure out with our linear mind. Of course, if we want to paint we need to learn how to work with our chosen medium and studying the work of the masters can help.

If we want to write it\u2019s really valuable to read widely and deeply, to show up daily to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and perhaps take a workshop on the form we want to work with. Yet at the heart of being creative is letting go and allowing the ideas, the inspiration to move through us. This is where practice comes in.

As Flannery O\u2019Connor said of her writing experience, \u201cI show up at my office everyday between 8 am and noon. I\u2019m not sure that anything is going to happen but I want to be there if it does.\u201d
I recently met a young man in the park who had a set of watercolors laid out on a table and quickly produced a couple of small paintings that were quite lovely. We spoke of creativity and how so many people think you either have it or you don\u2019t.

\u201cYeah,\u201d he said, \u201creally it\u2019s a muscle, you\u2019ve got to use.\u201d

He went on to say \u201cNo matter how lousy I feel, if I do even a couple of little paintings I instantly feel better.\u201d

I feel the same way about writing, even if it\u2019s just a page of free writing where I let the words flow out of the pen. Being creative feels good and lightens our mood because we become more present to the moment, quiet our chattering minds, and allow for the awareness of our heart and knowing to do the work.

In the surrender we find ourselves in an expanded state of consciousness where we can do things we didn\u2019t think we could. In whatever way creativity calls to you, make a habit of showing up to play with it. Let your self be guided by what excites you. Surrender to what brings you alive.

Sending you blessings and the wish for creative flow, Suzanne.

Suzanne Murray<\/a> is a Creativity Coach<\/a>, Life Coach<\/a>, Writing Coach<\/a>, and EFT practitioner<\/a>. \u00a0 She blogs at Creativity Goes Wild<\/a>. \u00a0






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