When you are dealing with something as soulful as your creativity, it is healthy to respect its inherent power.....for it is the power that stirs up life. Your beliefs reside there and so do your prejudices, your vision lies their as well as your fears. It is helpful to remember that contrast is a great teacher and without the shadow the light is not as vivid. The truth is that light and shadow are side by side and define our composition. It is important to learn how each element effects us and how each one helps us grow. You will always meet your shadow if light begins to illuminate your journey to creativity. You are at the edges of experience and understanding as a creative person and that takes enormous energy. I finally understood the creative surges would be followed by a crash period where I needed to recover. The healthy balance was accepting both will equal tolerance and joy. The flow of intense creative time and space always has a touch of let down when a piece is finished. That's a signal that it's time to restore and re-create by resting and eating well. You may discover that you become super sensitive....uses all of your senses to a heightened degree. The longer you work at your creative gifts the more sensitive you become....sensitivity is a requirement for creative work....don't toughen up!
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