Creativity from the Body

Inhibitions can be messy. If Mom and Dad don’t like your art life, then the relationship can be rocked. In some cases, it could even end! But the body never changes. It still wants and feels, it still searches for satisfaction as any living thing trying to fulfill its destiny. If only everyone in the family followed the body, then everyone would be happier. The body gives feelings, cravings and inclinations, but the mind offers theories, excuses and justifications. So create from the body not the mind. Focus on your feelings, cravings and intuitions, not excuses. This is the art practice. Letting go. Not figuring out. Listening. Not solving. Experiences. Not justifying. Let your feelings guide you to satisfaction bliss. Like meditation, you get off track, then gently go back. Patience, perseverance, and faithfulness. What do I like? What makes me happy? What gives me satisfaction? Follow that art, not formula and justification.