Love at First Sight

Mary Jane, don’t feel alone, I have always desired to learn to play an instrument, but don’t seem to have the talent or patience for it.

Some people seem gifted enough to simply pick up an instrument, paint brush, or pencil and use it to create wonderful art. On the other side of the spectrum, some spend their entire lives studying and practicing to be able to craft one amazing work. I wonder which is more gratifying, being able to create with ease or have to work hard to. As I stated at the beginning of this post, my strengths are not musically inclined, but I think…I know that if I were to force myself to learn to play, I would feel far more gratification from that accomplishment than from doing something I am naturally good at. But, that is only common sense, we always feel better when completing something we had to work hard for. Whether working on something we are naturally good at or something we had to spend years learning to do doesn’t matter. At the moment we begin to use our imagination and creativity we feel exhilarated.

Ever since childhood I have loved to write, and after reading in chapter 7 that many artists love there imagination more than anything else, I found myself concurring. I’ve always loved my independence and ability to imagine the unimaginable. When I feel I am in a good flow while writing, I am the happiest person in the world; when I have writer’s block, I’m the most frustrated.

Creativity really is a love affair. You have your great moments and your bad ones; but in the end, no matter how angry you get, if it is true love, you always come back to each other.