Connecting recreation to occupation: Part 1

Are you a "maker"? Do you know what it's like to create?  Think about the last thing you made and keep that in mind while you consider this series of tweets I posted over lunch about a week ago.

Don't think that you are a maker?  Do you assume that you are not a creative person?  Let's just see.  Humor me for now.

Art = series of deliberate actions & reactions to circumstance that add up to something beautiful & elegant.  

Every line, every brush stroke is a deliberate choice. The outcome informs the next action, changes the overall picture. 

Every action & decision you make is a choice. Is it deliberate? Where does it fit into the overall picture? 

Life can = art.  

Are you living accidentally today? Or are you living with intention? 

Intention is not the same as control.  

Control restricts the end big picture result. You think you know in advance what the masterpiece is going to be.  

Intent pauses, observes, experiments. The end result is a natural evolution. Not forced. That's what makes it beautiful.

Hmmm....seeds for thought...

Are you really convinced that you are just not cut out to be a maker?  Stick with me through this series.  It's not about changing your mind.  It's about expanding what you are able to see.

-Andrea