{"id":168247,"date":"2019-09-01T06:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T13:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=168247"},"modified":"2019-09-01T06:32:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T13:32:59","slug":"the-goal-is-spontaneous-creative-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/01\/the-goal-is-spontaneous-creative-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Goal is Spontaneous Creative Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A spontaneous life is a better life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Nap thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A thought while taking a nap at the airport:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Goal is Spontaneous Creative Activity<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What does this mean? Let me share my thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I think the problem in modern life is that we are trying to maximally extract ‘productivity’ from ourselves. No longer do we allow ourselves to go fallow, or even do “nothing” (quite literally nothing, like sitting somewhere, or napping somewhere, with no music or audio-visual stimulation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore to be idle is seen as a vice and sin. Any moment you’re not<\/em> being ‘productive’, according to modern Utilitarian thinking, you’re ‘sinning’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even when we are “relaxing” or “recovering”, the point is to relax and recover in order to<\/em> become more ‘productive’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is this line of thinking bad? Well, it no longer allows us to create from a source of SPONTANEOUS and self-directed energy. We are using our energies trying to please others, and we are always in ‘defense mode’, or we are simply reacting to outside stimuli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example if you wake up in the morning and the first thing you’re doing is checking email, you’re already in ‘defense’ and ‘reactive’ mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is to allow yourself to go fallow for long periods of time, in order for you to become spontaneous, and engage in spontaneous creative activity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Spontaneous creating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On not forcing yourself to create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best artwork you create is SPONTANEOUS. Meaning, not forced. You create in a spirit of fun, and super-abundant energy within yourself, which desires to be expressed and outpressed<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n