Letting Life (and Inspiration) Come to You

One of the challenges of a creative profession is that you cannot schedule creativity to occur between the hours of 8am and 5pm. There are days it simply doesn't happen. Fortunately, there are plenty (plenty) of left brain activities to keep us busy while we wait (and wait) for inspiration to strike.

Cameron Moll recently quoted the associate designer from HOW magazine, a leading design publication. She's learned that it's best not to look for ideas, instead you should wait for them to knock on your door:

"The more I accept that inspiration is elusive, the less I go looking and the more I simply wait for it to find me. "

It somehow reminds me of parents telling their childen, "she wouldn't run from you if you didn't chase her." There's a profound message in there. Creativity is a lot like that fruitless chase.

Ironically, the secret is to avoid the chase at all costs - and not feel a tinge of guilt for moving on to other work. At least that's what i keep telling myself today. ;)