Working to create a better, prettier, blog is fun. And it is fun because a blog is something implicitly shared. I may only have 5 page views in a day, but there is always the potential of what I am writing being seen and shared and (hopefully) enjoyed. And that means connection.
This put in my mind something that the great Ursula K. LeGuin said during an interview I saw recorded live for Think Out Loud last year. Someone asked her about whether all writers write for an audience. Her refreshingly honest response, "Real writers do!"
Creation is a gift to be shared. Whether it is a blog post, photo, meal, song, or idea, creations are meant to be shared with others. And the experience of that is so thrilling, fun, and magical.
A lot of the people who come to see me in my therapy practice are creatively frustrated, sometimes consciously, sometimes not. And with that they have not found, or have lost, a medium for connecting. That lack of connecting leads them to feel stifled, inauthentic, and bored. (Read: depressed.)
Therapy is all about developing the ability to find authentic connection, beginning with: yourself.
What are you not creating today? Where are you not connecting? Look for one and you may find the other...
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