"I believe that we all are creative, yet sometimes people make the choice to stifle their creativity in the name of acceptance or success. Any job--any job whatsoever--is creative if we allow our spirits to make it so. Yet, mostly we are worried about what other people think or what our families think. If we stifle our creativity, I believe we can become depressed, feel stuck.
Being 'creative' in a venue we love--writing, painting, poetry, etc.--can be very scarey, because if we are truly expressing our creativity, then we are truly expressing our inner selves, and for most of us this is a scary thing to do! So for those who choose to leave a traditional job behind to pursue a creative passion, there is a lot of fear. I believe that the arts--writing, painting, poetry, photography--tell us the truth about our lives much more so than the 'facts' of our lives."
--Patti Callahan Henry (author of The Perfect Love Song)
Art doesn't have to be what is literally or technically defined as "art". It is whatever medium allows you to express your authentic self.
The best is yet to come,
~Adwoa
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