The artist as a creative witness!

Exploring the images that pass by us each and every moment requires a mindful presence.....it is like being a witness to the energy around you. This dedicated presence and engaged focus takes practice.....noticing. The witness in us has to be careful not to edit too quickly....putting our ego's judgment on hold. A contemplative presence involves listening, seeing, and attending without the diversionary mind-sets of fear, desire, control, judgment or projection. Seeing the current reality without the heavy wardrobe of ego.....clothes us in trust and leads to creative curiosity. The alert caring witness of a creative mind pays naked unedited, attention......like walking through a garden, walking without trampling any of the flowers, without blaming anyone for the presence of weeds, with great appreciation for all the time, pain and growth it took to be the way it is. When our judgmental ego is put aside, we can be enlightened witnesses.....being a vehicle of light instead of a roadblock to it. We give up the need to control, the need for perfection, the angst of fear and become the compassionate witness that records and shares the gifts of creating.