Welcome,
This is the introduction day of 40 days of Awaken Creative.
These meditations and talks are all about finding your original voice,
Finding your authentic voice,
Or if you'd like,
The truest you that is the divine spark only you contain and need to put into the world.
Yes,
I said need.
Now as an artist,
I'm thinking and producing these meditations in the framework of creativity,
Of painting,
Of using your hands to take materials and turn nothing to something.
But that isn't implied as the only way to create or the only divine spark that is your co-creative efforts.
There are so many other avenues and directions creativity can take and saying one isn't an artist doesn't mean that spark is non-existent in you.
It simply means it's taken on a different form and you get to decide how it manifests.
I'm using the framework of Lent,
The 40 days of recreation as our guide.
I appreciate organization and an outline if you will.
So when Lent rolled around this year I thought what a perfect backdrop,
A framework to hold these meditations.
And so here we are.
God in Genesis says we are made in the image and likeness of.
So that's your question for today.
If that's true,
If all of creation has that divine spark made in the image of,
With a likeness of that creative hand that made the world become,
Then what are you doing with it and what does it mean for you?
It's a deep question,
But also it's a simple question.
Close your eyes.
Settle into your space.
Take a few moments to just breathe.
You have a divine spark,
A responsibility to the divinity in you.
Who do you want to thank on your last day here on earth?
The who's of you that have lived this long beautiful life?
Who do you want to thank for having been you?
For having been brave and courageous and bold and lived into that divine spark in just the way you did?
What would it look like to get to thank those lives of yours when you're at that end?
We all want to be known and we want to know.
Sometimes I think that might be my biggest draw.
My life,
Daily,
When things furrow my brow,
The question behind those questions,
Everyday questions,
Is just that.
How do I want to be known?
Yes,
But also how do I want to know myself?
My courage,
My strength,
My kindness,
My truthfulness,
My trustworthiness.
Sit with yourself today.
Before you go to the studio,
Pick up a brush or don the outfit that will take you to the office.
Imagine yourself this great coach.
Co-creator here on earth.
The spark within you flickering.
Imagine that.
Living a little bolder,
A little brighter as you begin this day.
Awakened,
Creative.
