The deepest part of myself....that peaceful, clarity of soul....is where my creativity lies. I love the quote from Saul Bellow, "In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But, the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves."There have been life events and circumstances that flood this channel, leaving debris behind and it has taken time and effort to clear away what clogs the creative flow. The freshness of flow and connection to the Source of our creativity is our poetic purpose, our artful essence, separate from our education, our pedigree and our circumstances.
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