One Apple A Day #901 - clearing the field
These words, they do not come from me; they come through me.
Yesterday, my dear friend Vanessa reminded me I am not the source of my creative work. I am the conduit.
I can't force it.
The only thing I can do is make myself available and clear the path, so the work can flow through.
And then to invoke the muse and hope that she will show up.
That's why the beginning of every writing session is always such a critical moment.
I have to let go of everything that is going on in my life and in my mind. I have to clear the field of my thoughts, worries, tasks, tensions, guilt and everything else that is clouding my inner space.
Sometimes it takes me so long to get there that I'm left with only a few minutes to do the work. However, if I don't take the time to enter that state, the writing process becomes a chore.
Sure, I've learned some tricks to get the work done, but it is rarely something inspired, and I'm always left exhausted at the end of the process.
This morning I had to sit in silence for twenty minutes before the worries for the things I have to do - and on which I'm late - dissolve. Only then, this post appeared.