I'm an idiot following stupid.

Society consistently tends towards generic. It likes to level and remove the mountains. It likes to place us in boxes and seal the lid. We all watch the same TV programs, wear the same fashion, buy the latest electronic goods, drive the same cars… think the same dumb ideas…

Don’t you ever feel that you want to break out and do it your way? Don’t you ever get tired of the same old superficial garbage being thrown at you by the contrived and controlled media? Isn’t it time to think for yourself? Isn’t it time you allowed yourself to be more creative?

Being creative is being more yourself. It is realising that you do not have to follow and that you are quite capable of original thought. You are capable of new and original ideas. You are capable of thinking for yourself.

New thoughts mean rejecting old ones. This is not always easy. It takes effort to think differently. It takes effort to question what you thought was normal. It takes time to adjust to the idea that a creative person is not ‘normal’.

You don’t want to stay locked up in your tiny, frustrating world where you are spoon fed a bad diet by greedy corporations! Surely, you have had enough of stupid, washed out ideas and lies!

Well start saying no! Stop agreeing with all of the stupidity thrown at you everyday. Stop giving your time to people who don’t deserve your goodness. Stop staring blankly at your TV screen allowing your mind to suck in all of the contrived news stories and misleading ‘facts’.

When you accept stupidity, you become a part of it.

Who are you? What do you really believe. Think about these things. Let your mind take you on imaginative journeys to ideas that you previously rejected. You should rule your fantastically imaginative mind, don’t give control to the corporations.

Play with possibilities. Be happy to entertain strange ideas, play with temporary scenarios.

Believing that anything is a fixed truth in this uncertain infinite existence, sounds pretty stupid to me.

Creative spaces

You don't give yourself enough room to be creative. You need to take up more space. Think about what you will accept from the world and the people around you. Make this your private space and anything that invades or offends this space will have to go.

• Speak up for what you want.
• Don’t compromise what you want.
• Don’t be grateful if the outcome conflicts with your dream.
• Don’t accept bad service or rudeness.
• If someone is insulting (even subtly) – cut off your energy.
• If a person cannot accept you as you are, get them out of your world.
• If you are not happy with a situation, make changes.

Think about what you want and what you need to be comfortable in this tough world, then push out to get it.To express your creative heart and your unique imagination, you need all of the space you can get. Don’t let bullies push their dreams into your space. Do not yield to their foolishness.

Do not give, give, give. You are giving away your luck and your space. This is confining and causes you to live in a tiny prison with no room to move. You are undermining yourself when you compromise to please others. You are giving them your space.

You are the centre of your world. Expand your world to fill the real world, give yourself more room. Who knows how far your expectations can really take you?

Creative ideas to play with

Write short answers. Keep it simple.

1. What sort of people do you avoid?
2. What sort of foods do you prefer?
3. Socially, what sort of unique skills do you have?
4. At work, what are you particularly good at?
5. What makes you happy?
6. What would make you happier?
7. What makes you really angry?
8. What makes you feel free?
9. What makes you feel confined?
10. If you could have any job, what would you choose?

Look at your list. Think about your replies and look for a common thread. Ask yourself who am I? Who am I? What am I?

Imagine if you were an alien observing you, what would you think?

Now imagine that you are an infinite something, temporarily experiencing this world. What are you trying to express? What are you always reaching for? Take the time to think about your life from this point of view. Imagine that you are something eternal, feel it. MMmmm possibilities… What is it that you feel an urge to bring about?

The more you learn about yourself, the easier it is to focus in a direction that is you.  Imagination opens doors to possibilities.

Move along! Nothing creative around here to see!

Lying on the beach on a tropical island is okay for a change, but as a career… it sucks! It is a myth to imagine that having no purpose, sitting back with nothing to do is the ideal life. Life is a game to be played, it is not a show for spectators. Most people prefer to be spectators because it is safer than playing. They live safe so that they can die safe.

Having nothing to do is only fun for a while, then it turns into boredom and then pettiness and frustration. Those few who are the players are those few who are having the most fun. There is nothing more boring than a bored person and most people are bored. Very few are involved in life, most are voyeurs watching the courageous take the risks and have all of the thrills.

It is a myth that retirement will bring you into the blissful state of nothing-to-do. Retiring from what you do not enjoy, and starting what you do enjoy, can certainly lead to happiness but retirement with no purpose is a death bell. You do not have to physically die to be dead.

There are millions of spectators out there who passively observe with as much enthusiasm as a brick wall. From the sideline, they watch the players express their creativity and joy of living.

Having a purpose can be simple or it can be grand it does not matter, but it needs to be exciting. This is achieved by doing something you love. Live in the moment and love what you do but lean into change, this is adventure.

You need something to play with, a project that you can be passionate about, an adventure that is worth living for. A project is a projection, a purpose that leans into change. Change is natural, adventure is the natural consequence of welcoming change.

You are alive, you are aware and you are in a reality that works best with participation. You can play or you can watch. The players have all the fun. Usually the spectators do all of the talking. They can tell you what should have happened and what they would have done but they cannot play because they cannot cope with the uncertainty of the game. People forfeit the right to play to avoid the risk of losing.

A player never loses because only the playing is of value. Non-players are the losers.

To the artist, the value is in the creating, the playing. The finished work belongs with another player, who can use it to enrich their own game. Better to play and fall, than to stall and not play at all.