{"id":4514,"date":"2015-11-24T17:11:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T00:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2023-03-22T10:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:11:20","slug":"the-best-way-to-find-your-creativit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/the-best-way-to-find-your-creativit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Way to Find Your Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I felt at a bit of a loss how best to support my twin girls when they auditioned, and both got accepted to a high school for the arts (majoring in musical theatre) this year. I just hoped it would be an\u00a0environment that allowed them to develop\u00a0their creativity.<\/p>\n<p>At one time, I would not have considered\u00a0an arts school for my children.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up with a strong belief that sciences were more important than the arts. My parents are both medical doctors. The arts was considered\u00a0impractical, and\u00a0a hobby only, not a career. I could see\u00a0why.<\/p>\n<h2>My bigger fear \u2013 what if only one of them gets accepted?<\/h2>\n<p>We read the first email together. \u00a0\u201cCongratulations Leah\u2026\u201d \u00a0I held my breath before opening the second email praying for the same words for Makayla. It\u2019s what they both wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, they\u00a0were jumping up, and down, hugging, screaming, and crying. I was still in shock. Competition was fierce with a\u00a020% acceptance rate, and part of me wondered \u201cis this best for them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now I no longer knew the way. I could help with reading and math, but the Arts? I recalled a highly recommended classic \u2013 \u201cThe Artist\u2019s Way\u201d by Julia Cameron that was sitting on my shelf for years waiting to be cracked open. I still thought of \u00a0\u2018artists\u2019 in the traditional sense \u2013 painting, writing, music, dance etc.And, I assumed this book was about discovering <em>that<\/em> <em>kind<\/em> of\u00a0inner artist,\u00a0which felt\u00a0unfamiliar to me\u00a0\u2013\u00a0or was it?<\/p>\n<p>When I took a closer read of the front cover: <em><strong>A\u00a0Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, <\/strong><\/em>I almost fell off my chair. I\u2019d been teaching my children spirituality ever since I became a life coach in 2009. Now I knew how they got in with barely any experience in the \u201ctriple threat\u201d of musical theatre: dancing, singing, and drama.<\/p>\n<p>Our conversations over the years had changed from\u00a0me telling them what to do, to me becoming a better listener, getting them to follow their passions, and sharing more authentically. I slowed down, and got curious about where they were coming from when\u00a0they over-reacted or wouldn\u2019t listen. I\u00a0gave them a new space to show up <strong>being who they are<\/strong>, and they rose up to meet me.<\/p>\n<p>They\u00a0remind me to please stop what I\u2019m doing:\u00a0\u201cmom \u2013 you are not looking at me face to face!\u201d They\u00a0make sure\u00a0<strong>I\u2019m present<\/strong> when they want to talk to me. Ugh.. : )<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d been\u00a0encouraging one thing: connect with what resonates with you, and follow it. Give everything your best effort. Don\u2019t bother comparing or looking at the odds. Take some risks if it\u2019s something you want, and even if you feel disappointed \u2013 what you will have gained just trying will be well worth it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Artist\u2019s Way\u201d is\u00a0a 12 step\u00a0program of discovering your creative self. \u00a0Each chapter includes insightful exercises with\u00a0a commitment to 2 key practices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a\u00a0 regular \u2018Artist\u2019s date\u2019 with yourself where you spend time alone doing something you love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>journalling\u00a0every morning to \u2018dump out\u2019 any\u00a0critical, judgmental, or\u00a0negative thoughts and\u00a0clear the way for your soul to express\u00a0itself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For millions around the world, these 2 practices have transformed people\u2019s ability to tap into their own creativity. To get unstuck, and trust their\u00a0intuition. It\u2019s been a resource I\u2019ve been following with a group of friends to help unblock me as a writer. I have lots to share, but getting it out on paper the way it\u2019s in my heart\u00a0is a struggle!<\/p>\n<h2>Here are some of Julia\u2019s fundamental principles on creativity:<\/h2>\n<p>1. \u201cCreativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cThere is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life \u2013 including ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cWhen we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator\u2019s creativity within us and our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cCreativity is God\u2019s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>5. \u201cOur creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Creativity (being an Artist), and spirituality turns out to be one, and the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/julia-cameron_Art.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4542\" src=\"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/julia-cameron_Art-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"julia-cameron_Art\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At their new school, one\u00a0daughter will\u00a0whip up a video for an English presentation adding in movable graphics, and fun headlines.\u00a0She\u2019ll listen to songs & visualize the dance\u00a0numbers\u00a0on her commute. To prepare for tests, she creates\u00a0\u2018dry erase\u2019 cue cards by adding clear tape across the front underneath\u00a0questions\u00a0with\u00a0the answers on the back.<\/p>\n<p>She joined the meditation, wellness, and yoga clubs because she\u2019s a\u00a0more \u2018left-brainer\u2019 analytical type, and can get stressed trying to control everything. She\u2019s right-handed.<\/p>\n<p>Her twin sister\u00a0tends to fly by the seat of her pants. She\u2019ll whip\u00a0up\u00a0her own\u00a0dishes with\u00a0ingredients most teens won\u2019t touch\u00a0(think oysters, goat cheese, and spinach), and have them plated\u00a0beautifully in no time. She\u2019ll\u00a0compose\u00a0songs on\u00a0her guitar, and paint complex designs on her nails.\u00a0On\u00a0lunch break she\u2019s on the piano playing \u201cHolding Out for a Hero\u201d she\u2019s figured out by ear, while she and her\u00a0girlfriends blast out the melody.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s more of a \u2018right-brainer\u2019 heart on her sleeve type, and can get stressed because she tends to avoid the discipline of practice in favour of just \u2018going with the flow\u2019. She\u2019s left-handed.<\/p>\n<p>The quality\u00a0one daughter needs to practice letting go of (control) is the strength the other one needs. Their\u00a0<strong>way of being<\/strong>\u00a0clashes regularly. One gets up early, the other sleeps in. One is tidy, and organized;\u00a0the other not so much.<\/p>\n<p>I find myself in huge talks with one about the other, and make them face each other\u2019s opposing edges where they can accept, and respect their differences so they don\u2019t take each other personally. They laugh, cry, and get frustrated with\u00a0each other often, but at\u00a0the end of the day I can only describe their connection as spiritual: they have each other\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<p>For their recent birthday, one spent the past several months creating a video called \u201cMy Favourite Memories with My Sister\u201d. It was filled with\u00a0experiences\u00a0over the past year like their recent trip to NY, the camp they attend annually, seeing Taylor Swift in concert, family cottage moments, and countless photographed dishes her sister had made for her. It was creative\u00a0gratitude. I was choked up watching\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en\">Sir Ken Robinson<\/a> says: \u201cThe Element is the meeting point between natural aptitude and personal passion\u2026doing what you\u00a0love because it feels like your most authentic self, and you cannot imagine doing anything else.\u201d He speaks\u00a0against the \u2018one size fits all model\u2019 in our education system, and is a huge advocate for fostering creativity, and innovation in the minds of our children.<\/p>\n<h3>How Love Can Solve Universe\u2019s the World\u2019s Problems<\/h3>\n<p>It seems in our world today, there is a desperate need for more\u00a0people to connect to their own Divine creativity. To help solve the world\u2019s problems from the inside out encompassing\u00a0a more balanced approach between the Arts, and Sciences that\u2019s founded in ONE Universal principle that connects us all: love. For who you\u00a0are, what you love, and how you\u00a0treat one another.<\/p>\n<p>When you allow\u00a0that spark in you for what illuminates your soul, you\u2019ll be tapping into your creativity. It\u2019s how you will find your calling, along with all you desire, and you\u2019ll have no other choice, but to go for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I felt at a bit of a loss how best to support my twin girls when they auditioned, and both got accepted to a high school for the arts (majoring in musical theatre) this year. I just hoped it would be an\u00a0environment that allowed them to develop\u00a0their creativity. 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