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to be creative, be where you are - by Isabel - Mind Mine

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A somewhat surprising revelation I’ve learned about creativity: if you want to identify your ‘creative blocks’, simply pay attention to what takes you out of the moment. Your capacity to create depends on your ability to be here now. Inner work and creativity are not separate—the thought patterns that encroach on your sense of presence are what keep you from being in tune with yourself, which is the fundamental ingredient to liberated self-expression. We were designed to belong, to be in tribe and to prioritize connection with others. This need to belong created a pattern of always being aware of how we are perceived, and then optimizing for how we want to be perceived (i.e. becoming self-conscious then performing to get closer to who we think we should be). This is a mechanism that used to help us belong and thus survive, when belonging and survival were irreversibly linked, and now requires quite a bit of conscious effort to shed. To belong was to be obedient, to do what the tribe ne

to be creative, be where you are and to be where you are, face what you’re avoiding Isabel Jun 03, 2024 152 13 33 Share presence as a prerequisite to creation A somewhat surprising revelation I’ve learned about creativity: if you want to identify your ‘creative blocks’, simply pay attention to what takes you out of the moment. Your capacity to create depends on your ability to be here now. Inner work and creativity are not separate—the thought patterns that encroach on your sense of presence are what keep you from being in tune with yourself, which is the fundamental ingredient to liberated se

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