thoughts on creativity

...i found i had to give up my idea of what a painting should be: portraying a beautiful scene in a pleasing way. instead, it is about the alive act of moment by moment listening to the flashes of thought at the periphery of perception, and responding in color and form...creativity is a process...it takes practice and intuition...it is full of surprises and discovery and cannot be known ahead of time.

-natalie goldberg (b. 1948)

fierce

take a chance today

feel the fierce exuberance

welling up inside you

give yourself permission

to color outside the lines

with every crayon

in your box (and then some!)

climb to the tip of a crescent moon

and dive headlong

into a waiting sea of rainbows

throw away the safety straw

you've been sipping through

and take great gulps

from the cup

of your beautiful life

-stacy wills (1/27/2011)

release your colors

release your colors
into the world!
who knows
what dear soul
may be in need

of your soaring

magenta today,

the wildness of

your fuchsia,

the groundedness

of your burnt umber,

the soothing tones

of your greens and blues...

let alone your

own precious self, so

weary from holding
them all inside.

-stacy wills (9/03/2010)