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Living creatively means being you. Who else are you going to be, if not yourself? Whose life are you going to live, if not your own?
Affirming means saying yes to being here and being alive. To be creative you must make manifest who you are through your creativity, and you do that by giving voice to your unique take on life.
Affirming means saying yes to being here and being alive. To be creative you must make manifest who you are through your creativity, and you do that by giving voice to your unique take on life.
What’s the point in
writing something anybody could write? If you don’t tell your stories, who will?
Of course, first you
must find your stories, your voice. You must know yourself. How is this done?
By exploring, thinking for and against yourself, and by affirming through
living. To know yourself you must push beyond your comfort zone and allow
yourself to grow.
True individuals are
often attacked for having the guts to be themselves. It’s ironic that a culture
in awe to individualism finds it so hard to honour the real thing. The status
quo prefers conformity: a pre-packaged selfhood that is safe and deadening.
Say no to the
cowardice of conformity.
Say no to the fear of
life and of difference.
When you affirm you
stand alone and let the crowd rush ahead into its own confusion. And when
they’ve had enough of distraction, and doing what they’re told leaves them
empty, they turn to those among them who are still alive on the inside, those
who had the balls to affirm, and they ask: what happened to my life?
Affirm or die.
Do you know who you
are? Share your magnificence below…
Next time: Rebelling
Image: Dancer
First posted here: http://jessicadavidson.co.uk/2014/05/02/living-creatively-in-a-mad-world-affirming/
