Tiny poems about creativity

Five brief poems about creativity and openness. (I call them Creativity Tapas.)

I.

Listen to God

                                who speaks in a whisper

                                     or sometimes without words

                                      in a language known only to your soul.

II.

God creates out of nothing.

                We create out of what He has created.

                                Don’t take all the credit yourself.

III.

There comes a time

  in a creative life

    when silence becomes so much more important

       than the noise we’ve settled for.

IV.

Stage One:

idea. notion. concept. hypothesis. hunch. brainstorm. inspiration.

Respect what you are given.

Give it the attention it deserves.

                 (or maybe even  more)

Override negative, blocking, uninvited interference:

    let it not hamper

                let it not disempower.

                                let it not abort                  

Stay open and receptive as the spirit hovers about you.

Use a scrap of paper

                (or a napkin as so many have done)

                                sketch 

                                                doodle

                                                                use your words.

Take delight in the gestation.

                or simply in the play.

This is good practice.

V.

The pull to be present to the moment—

                                                          surrender to it. Let your mind stuff be, and follow . . ..

They dropped their nets and followed him.  (Mark 1)