It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The creative act is also in a small way a suffering act - we start out with our ego, this hope of making this thing whatever it be, but so often it eludes us and it collapses and we kind of regress into this mental suffering, we can't find what we're looking for.
The creative processes are so mysterious.
In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.
The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.
I'm sure our brains are working unconsciously. When you have a creative thought, it's parts of the brain talking to each other without your awareness.
Of course creativity is a mystery. We don't know what drives it or what constitutes it. It's one of those things, like genius, you know it when you see it but it's impossible to define.
Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.
When we shift back to feeling the sensations in our body and connect to what's in front of us, the creative channel opens up.
The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
What drives the creative person is that we see it all.