This is a book about the Creative Life.

Duh.

Well, that’s what the title says.

Life of creativity. The title might change so be on your toes! (Grinning!)

What’s your first thought? Is this book about an artist? A painter of portraits or still life—even abstract? A potter or ceramist pulling up that lump of clay to be a beautiful bowl or pitcher? A musician who writes the songs we hear played over and over again on the internet, TV, radio that stirs our hearts? The writer who pieces together totally unrelated words into a profound and meaningful sentence that changes lives?

Yes, some of those fit.

Is a life of creativity someone who thinks of amazing solutions to the regular life problems, who comes up with unique inventions? The paper clip? A new writing instrument? A better instrument for an intricate and complex surgery on someone’s ear?

That’s creative.

Flower Pot

My weird doodles?

But what about the rest of our lives?

How about using creativity for washing clothes better? Or thinking up creative ideas to organize too many people or beings into a very small living space?

(Here are posts about Creative Rest and Creative Spending.)

Creativity and the creative life speaks to me of a richness, sweetness, and a powerful way to live. A way to present ideas. A life that represents the Creator of the universe in a way that can speak to others. In a way that inspires others to live a better, deeper, more creative life.

That’s creative, right?

This isn’t about using AI right now. I want to read about hope, humor, and power that only a Divinely inspired human can create. I want to write about those things. I want to empower others to read or write in those ways. To create, draw, sing from within the human spirit— through the Holy Spirit—for the human spirit.

I just read a post from Lee Warren and I quote a sentence from his article, The Hurry Trap. “I yearn for any such activity that disrupts the rhythm of the hamster wheel and leads to contemplation, because without it, life feels like a hurry trap, constantly pulling me forward without room to breathe.”

We have to express our creativity in order to (I’m not using the cliche “to make the world a better place.”) express the goodness of God. Express His Beauty. Pour out His Love through our Creativity and Gifts. Okay. Yes. In order to make this world a better place, but ultimately to enrich someone’s life.

Or to sustain my own life.