I came across a wonderful article entitled "What Allows Creativity to happen?" by Kent Meyers, on a website called "Prairie Wind Writer." He's a creative writing instructor who has addressed the subject very eloquently in this piece, first, by citing a moving personal anecdote, self described as "one of the most powerful creative moments of [his] life." * He feels like creativity is always kind of a miracle, and I would certainly echo his awe.
Mr. Meyers says also that the magnitude of a sudden creative transformation is difficult to describe. So true. One minute, you're up to your elbows in the nuts and bolts of a project, and the next, you have an utterly complete, crystal clear vision of how it should be... He describes it as a kind of perceptual change, and believes that in order for this transformation to occur, you must first be thoroughly absorbed in a project.
If we commit ourselves to the seed of an idea; if we really and truly involve ourselves with it, it will germinate and bud and leaf and branch into a full fledged miracle not unlike a tree.
Meyers also says that "Creativity by its very nature is inefficient: we are working at discovering new patterns of thought and perception. If we knew an efficient road to them, there would be no discovery." * He says we need to allow ourselves an inefficient space in which to create.
I've only scratched the surface of this brilliant, insightful article. I hope you'll take the time to read it, if not now, bookmark it for later. Here's the link: http://prairiewindswriter.org/content/resources/articles/creativity.htm
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