Blog 3 or Am I Who I Am or Who I've Become

I always thought it was an inherent flaw within myself being the reason for the lack of sustained relationships, now I know it's just because I'm creative. I wish it was that easy. It would make looking in the mirror simple to say it's all something else's fault. Eventually though, no matter what we must face up to the reality that we choose our priorities. The creative is driven by impulses, ideas, whatever, but they/we still make the choice in the end. Even if you claim you had no choice or choose to make no choice, you have still made one. As Geddy Lee sang about so long ago. The chapter mentions therapy and how we can heal through our art. It is funny how that which might have gotten us into "trouble" becomes that which serves to heal us. I have found in my own life that art can be therapeutic or the cause of more anxiety. In another class we were given a quote by an author I now forget (sorry Julie) but the lesson was in order to be a better writer, lower your standards. Part of what causes us to get writers block or be afraid of that blank canvas is the artificial high standards we create. You have to fail in order to learn, you have to play against a better opponent to be a better opponent. Part of the therapy is the ability to try and try again and to keep going, because life keeps going, with us or without us.