Lack of sleep? Back soreness? What about random dreams? For me at least it’s a sign that I have not been using my creative side as much as I should have. The mechanism that stores my beliefs (unconscious Luke) has a not so subtle way of letting me know that I have been ignoring my essential creative self(s). Here’s an example:
Last night I dreamt I was driving buses down a steep unpaven road and exploding them. In the next instant I was in this lush penthouse hob knobbing with the rich and famous. It was interesting and spontaneous. I realised as a soon as I woke (ignoring all forms of symbolism I might add) that I have not been allowing my creative side to come out. So naturally my body was telling me to release that creativity and it found a way out without me knowing it.
Another time I was in a curriculum mapping meeting and starting drawing. I came up with the most creative abstract piece of ‘art’ and I can’t even draw. Sure, the picture is horrible and it makes no sense BUT it was my creative side demanding to be released.
There are times when I swear that I am about to explode with the lack of creativity when I am knee deep in marking, administration or something … then I have these spontaneous ideas. It just seems to come out. I have no idea why.
So what happens when you continue to ignore it? I am not hanging round to find out. Something inside me wants to come out… and it’s not my guts!
Moral: If you ignore your creative side and shove it in a box somewhere under your bed next to those dusty photo albums… it will get you. It may seem like you have it under control for now but as the months wear on into years… it creeps up on you. You think, I can do this job and nobody will notice. Sorry, it will get you. You may think that you are smart by doing the ‘right’ thing and being ‘sensible’. Let me tell you… it will last for a while then one day BANG it creeps up on you and begins to slither out.
In closing I would like to add that you cannot deny the real you. Sure, you can suppress it. But can I say that at some stage it will come out? It’s like those jack in the box toys. You never know when it will explode but it surely does.
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