VIOLETTA PESIN BLOG POST AUGUST 2018
VIOLETTA PESIN BLOG POST
AUGUST 2018
“CREATIVITY AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS”
“CREATIVITY AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS”
FOR THIS MONTH’S BLOG POST OF AUGUST 2018, I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT CREATIVITY AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS, AS IT RELATES TO MY EXPERIENCE.
SO, WHAT IS CREATIVITY REALLY? I DECIDED TO LOOK UP THE WORD IN THE DICTIONARY TO REMIND MYSELF OF THE OFFICIAL MEANING. CREATIVITY IS THE ABILITY TO TRANSCEND TRADITIONAL IDEAS, RULES, PATTERNS, RELATIONSHIPS AND TO CREATE MEANINGFUL NEW IDEAS, FORMS, METHODS, INTERPRETATIONS.
CREATIVITY CAN BE APPLIED IN ANY INDUSTRY, NOT ONLY THE ARTS INDUSTRY.
I WOULD SAY THAT MY CREATIVITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO EVOLVE BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION THAT I HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH MYSELF. IT IS ABOUT SELF- DISCOVERY. LISTENING TO YOURSELF. LISTENING TO YOUR HEART. BEING AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR MIND, YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, CONNECTING WITH THAT INNER CHILD AGAIN. THAT CHILD, THAT DID EXIST AT ONE POINT AND MAY HAVE SOMEHOW LOST HER WAY ALONG THE YEARS. I THINK CREATIVITY HAS BECOME IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I HAVE MADE TIME FOR IT. I HAVE MADE TIME FOR MYSELF. I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS IN MY LIFE. DISTRACTIONS I SAY, WHICH ARE THINGS THAT WE USE AS A WAY TO AVOID OURSELVES. AND BEING WITH OURSELF IS NOT ALWAYS AN EASY PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE. BEING ALONE. WE HAVE MANY DISTRACTIONS IN OUR LIVES THAT HELP US TO AVOID OURSELF. AND WHEN WE ALLOW THOSE DISTRACTIONS TO TAKE OVER, WE LOSE THE BENEFIT AND THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT IT MEANS WHEN WE HAVE TIME TO OURSELF. ALLOW OUR MIND TO THINK. DON’T BE BOMBARDED WITH USELESS TASKS. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE TIMES IN A DAY THAT I HAVE TO COMPLETE SOME TASKS THAT ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO GET DONE. I AM WORKING TOWARDS DESIGNING A LIFE WHERE I CAN ELIMINATE USELESS TASKS THAT DON’T ADD VALUE TO MY LIFE. BUT EVEN MAKING TIME AWAY AND A LITTLE BREAK FOR MYSELF ALLOWS MY MIND TO EXPRESS ITSELF, EXPRESS IT TO ME. ALLOWING MY HEART TO EXPRESS ITSELF TO ME. GIVE OURSELF TIME TO BREATHE. REALLY BREATHE. LISTEN TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR HEART, IN OUR MIND, IN OUR SOUL. THAT IS THE TRUE ESSENCE OF CREATIVITY FOR ME. WHEN I ALLOW THAT PROCESS OF CONNECTING WITH MYSELF, BECOMING ALIGNED WITH MYSELF, LISTENING TO MYSELF AND LISTENING TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND ME. THIS IS THE BASIS FOR MY IDEAS. AND CREATIVITY DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN IN THE STUDIO FOR ME, WHEN I AM PAINTING. CREATIVITY IS ONGOING. IT IS A DAILY PROCESS FOR ME. MY IDEAS, WHAT’S GOING ON IN MY MIND. WHAT I AM THINKING ABOUT. MY PAINTING COLLECTION TITLES AND THEIR STORIES. A VISION OF A NEXT PAINTING. THESE IDEAS CAN COME TO ME AT ANY TIME. I HAVE TO CREATE SPACE TO ALLOW THESE THOUGHTS TO COME IN. BE OPEN TO THEM. BE CONSCIOUS TO THEM. BE AWARE OF THEM. AND THESE ARE NOT ALWAYS EASY THOUGHTS. THESE CAN BE PAINFUL THOUGHTS. AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS DEALING WITH PLACES INSIDE OF MY HEART WHERE THERE IS PAIN. NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH PAIN OR REMEMBER IT. BUT THERE IS A BREAKTHROUGH THERE; THERE IS AN OPENING, A CALLING. THAT PAIN HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. THAT PAIN HAS TO BE AWAKENED, INSTEAD OF PRETENDING THAT IT WILL GO AWAY BY ITSELF. SO, CREATIVITY IS 24/7. THERE IS NO TIME EXACTLY WHEN IT STRIKES. IDEAS, THE PROCESS. THE MEANING. THE INTERPRETATION. FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN USING MY LIFE EXPERIENCES AND TRANSLATING THEM INTO ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM IN ART. IT IS HOW I SPEAK OF MY IDEAS, HOW I RELATE IT TO MY WORK. HOW I INTERPRET IT, HOW I DESCRIBE IT. SO I FEEL I GIVE MY BEST INSIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED THROUGH IT.
CREATIVITY SEEMS TO EXIST ON THIS HIGHER VIBRATION; THIS LEVEL THAT IS BEYOND THE PHYSICAL LEVEL. BEYOND LOGIC. IT IS EXPRESSIONISM, INDIVIDUALISM, CONNECTION, PAIN, TRAUMA, SPEAKING, COMMUNICATING, INTERPRETING, DESCRIBING, ANALYZING. ALL OF THAT IS CREATIVITY AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS FOR ME.
VIOLETTA PESIN