rules of creativity /07

RULE 07: START TODAY.

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today. -Chinese Proverb

What are ideas? What is inspiration? Do we sit still and meditate, waiting for the muse to enter the room? Maybe we do. But we have to entice the muse. We have to show them that we are creative people willing to work hard and take the necessary risks to bring creativity to life.

And so… just start. Don’t overthink it. Just start creating. Create an environment that encourages creativity, that woos the idea to take root and grow in your presence.

Or, maybe there is no muse or magic. Maybe you just work hard and some of the time it sucks and some of the time it is amazing. Maybe ideas are the product of hard work and inspiration is merely using intellect to combine ideas.

In that case… just start. Don’t overthink it. Just start creating. Create an environment that encourages creativity. Create a presence of mind that fosters experimentation and ideation.

Either way, a creative life takes time. If you already started, wonderful, keep moving forward. If not, start right now.