Come Saturday, December 1, 10 to noon.
Members & visitors are invited to our monthly meeting and Christmas Non-Brunch.
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Breaking from our traditional Christmas Brunch, we will have a non-brunch with coffee, tea and any finger-food items you bring - crackers, nuts, mini-muffins, etc.
Please be prepared for a writing exercise. Members are invited to bring two pages for critique, but please follow the guidelines on our website. Below is November's Focus Point.
I hope to see you Saturday,
Barbara
barbarahigbyhope.com
The Inception and Birth of Brilliance
The verses I’m going to share are from
a familiar Psalm. I’m sure you’ve read them, probably many times, but today
we will see what they can teach us about writing. Psalm 139:13-16:
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
We were in the mind of God before we
were created by Him. His knowledge of us is not like that of a parent or friend
who learns about us by watching and conversing with us. He knew us before we
said or did anything to indicate our personality, character, or potential. God
knew us first, and then He created us.
We have previously acknowledged that
being made in Creator God’s image is the source of our creativity. These verses
give insight to God’s creative process and affirm what we already
know—creativity begins in the mind. Before we lived and breathed we existed in
the mind of God. So too, our books, poems, and blog posts live in our minds
before they are birthed.
This raises three issues:
- Am I allowing, honoring time for creative thinking? Do I make space for solitude and reflection?
- Do my activities inspire or hinder creativity? Am I reading, watching, listening to venues that expand my mind, fuel my interests, and feed my creativity?
- Do I overthink and thereby procrastinate productivity? Does fear or perfectionism get in my way?