Go on.. Scratch for it. I'll wait.
How often does a little bit of inspiration start with a little itch in the brain?
For me.. it's constant.. and I will scratch that itch and see what happens.
Bear in mind, in the back of my head I hear my mother's voice admonishing me about scratching.. Something about making it bleed.
I ignore that voice and I keep scratching... Digging at that idea, picking at it... wanting it to bleed and fester... until I am so infected by the idea that I HAVE to do something about it.
This kind of itch happens in more areas for me than just dance. I get this way over a costume, something I am knitting or crocheting.
I find that I am the most satisfied by seeing this kind of creativity to the end.
It leaves me feeling exhausted as though I have poured heart and soul into the idea and have given it breath and life.
Sure, sometimes these ideas die on the vine.. or they lay dormant for a little while longer.. until it is that ideas turn for a scratch again.. The ones I don't follow through on are just as important as the ones I do. Sometimes they even change from the original concept and morph into something else.
So... next time one of the Muse's gives you a rash of an idea.. Go on.. Scratch it... make it bleed... See what comes of it.
I promise. You won't be disappointed.
How often does a little bit of inspiration start with a little itch in the brain?
For me.. it's constant.. and I will scratch that itch and see what happens.
Bear in mind, in the back of my head I hear my mother's voice admonishing me about scratching.. Something about making it bleed.
I ignore that voice and I keep scratching... Digging at that idea, picking at it... wanting it to bleed and fester... until I am so infected by the idea that I HAVE to do something about it.
This kind of itch happens in more areas for me than just dance. I get this way over a costume, something I am knitting or crocheting.
I find that I am the most satisfied by seeing this kind of creativity to the end.
It leaves me feeling exhausted as though I have poured heart and soul into the idea and have given it breath and life.
Sure, sometimes these ideas die on the vine.. or they lay dormant for a little while longer.. until it is that ideas turn for a scratch again.. The ones I don't follow through on are just as important as the ones I do. Sometimes they even change from the original concept and morph into something else.
So... next time one of the Muse's gives you a rash of an idea.. Go on.. Scratch it... make it bleed... See what comes of it.
I promise. You won't be disappointed.
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