When I was pulling the pules and piles of garbage off my desk and out of my office this evening (in lieu of actual writing, mind you), I stumbled across a Writer’s Digest magazine raising the creative power of inspired work spaces. This resonated with me, partly due to an earlier conversation I’d had with friends about the role a good work space plays in my ability to create. There’s been less of that cosmic connecting in my universe lately. In truth, I’ve been feeling a bit isolated and uncreative. The space is a large part of that. Its a cluttered desk, cluttered mind sort of thing. Except its more like uninspired space, uninspired mind. I was recently reminded of how beige my home is. Beige and Brown. This isn’t ripe for the creative.
After my talk and finding (and then reading) the magazine, I went to my horoscope to see if forces were aligning to propel me in some positive direction. The first line: When you allow yourself to dream, and you totally immerse yourself in the dream, you begin to feel like anything is possible. To me the dream is the space and the idea of creative inspiration that empowers me to pull out all of the good that is inside me. I know a space can do that if I let it. Once I allow myself to transform the environment physically and figuratively, I think I’ll be back on a really good writing vibe.
Some Thoughts:
- The toughest thing about the creative process is that it requires serious alone time without any interruption. Every time I break to have a conversation or to deal with a screaming kid, I gotta reset and go through that long process of just sinking into the assignment again. You sink in too many times and eventually you can’t. You’re just used up–sitting around and waiting for the next interruption.