Blogging about creativity, I find myself really considering the process of inspiration. For me, inspiration is fully engaging with something beautiful outside the self, bringing that beauty in, and then putting it back out in a unique way. It is a focusing on something in the natural world. It is a dedicated attention to seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching, moving, or sensing beauty. It is a wise integration of the experience. It is a sharing. The creative form, when placed outside the self, is a future source of inspiration.
Creativity is a process of renewal.
Creativity is doing the Hokey Pokey:
You put your whole self in, you put your whole self out, you put your whole self in then you shake it all about, you do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around, that's what it's all about!
So, today I am sharing a view from the Hubble telescope which I find inspirational. It shows the birth of thousands of stars in a galaxy. I love this image for its archetypal form. I see it as the symbol of movement found in so many cultures from the nautilus to the native to our now. Spiraling in and out, up and down, a coming and going. For me the image is a fluid process where two sides meet in movement. I share it as the image I will use as the start of a future Singular offering, which I am entitling Peace of Prose. The vision for this project is a collaborative artwork to inspire Peace by words and images. The artwork will be passed hand to hand for people to see and share then possibly extend in image and word, if they are so inspired.
In the meantime, here's a link with beautiful imagery, celebrating the Hubble telescope's 21st birthday. We see the universe through the mighty eye of the Hubble. Notice the connection and interaction of two galaxies, which is perhaps the best outcome when stars collide.
http://www.batangastoday.com/hubble-space-telescope-stunning-image-of-arp-273-by-space-telescope-science-institute-released-to-celebrate-21st-birthday/12011/
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