Transition and change bring us into the unknown -- where creativity lives -- and from this unknown, we can create in our lives that which did not exist before. We can initiate and respond to life-changing events or internal uneasiness with creativity and resourcefulness and create a life of meaning and purpose. So instead of fighting the currents in our river, instead of longing for the stability of the shore, we can flow with the river, finding our own unique way to make the journey.
~page 6,
Becoming a Life Change Artist: Seven Creative Skills to Reinvent Yourself at Any Stage of Life by Fred Mandell, Ph.D. & Kathleen Jordan, Ph.D.
This sounds like a book that might be helpful to me. I'll have to check it out. I'm due for some reinvention!
ReplyDeleteIt really is lovely -- I'm hoping to do my self-portrait today (one of the exercises in the book.
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