We have read it and heard it repeated everywhere we look and listen.
Change is — has been — will impact all facets of life. The current global change that has claimed 2020 has challenged the ‘do I dare?’ mindset of the creative. The muse is a sensitive soul. She feels the angst as deeply as the joy — inspiration is derived and mined from this seat — gold mined.
Health crisis, economic crisis, the uncertainty of life, the fear of not so much the outdoors but whether we can trust that everybody is doing the right thing.
For how long must we entertain fear as it enslaves us by forfeiting joy?
The creative forges on to leave the carbon footprint of these challenging times.
Dare and dare again and the muse shall heed the call.
The creative day, if allowed to slide, is a difficult one to recover but is possible with the determination of, ‘I will dare.’
TS Eliot’s poem, The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock. conveys the uncertainty of modern times where ‘normal’ becomes unusual. Images of desolation pervade his poem:
Like a patient etherized upon a table/Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,/The muttering retreats
This echoes the current emotional and scientific uncertainty we face.
Eliot’s raw emotions capture the universal angst of his time where rapid economic and technological advancement changed his perceptions of life. And the yellow fog of uncertainty seeps into 2020 rising, falling …
The natural outcome is to be perplexed but navigation to the new normal through introspection is vital.
The pen is the mighty memory of our time, of all times, and writing must go on as must art and music and all creative pursuits.
In the making as creatives, writers, artists, we share a universal experience in that it is normal to be afraid, and it is brave to dare by creating new worlds that either mirror the present or transport us to worlds we dream of. In dreaming we bring those hopeful worlds into the conscious mind of the reader/audience who in turn subconsciously works towards making that dreamed, hopeful world, a new reality.
The writer’s pen will never dry or fade — words speak into the future from the past bringing meaning and understanding that this too shall pass.
The human condition is live with the possibility for new stories to be told, poems to be written, songs to be sung and paintings to be created to articulate and quell all fear.
Do I dare, and do I dare, — oh yes, we must, to make this life the best life we have had the courage to dream into our reality!
Today step forward — leave the fences and backyards of your mind and speak of your fears, insecurity, and uncertainty through artistic expression.
Take a chance. Live your passion.
This is a time for you to be YOU in all that you do without the fear of judgement.
Happy writing. Happy creating. Happy daring to channel your way forward for a life free of angst with the promise of joy.
What’s your creative plan?
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