Insights, Inspiration and Ideas.

Where do ideas live before they are revealed to us?

There is so much research into how the brain works, yet it still mystifies. What interests me most about our brains is the source of creativity. I question whether creativity actually lies within us. I believe that creativity lives easily, without us, we just have the ability to use it, to tap into it. I had a chance to shoot, and converse with Abbey Lincoln, a jazz legend about this. Her take was that creativity is a stream of consciousness that lies just above us, and the lucky ones can tap into it and harness it.

That talk goes back 14 years now and since the moment i heard those words from her, much about creativity and ideas made a bit more sense to me. All these amazing talents the world has seen.  Singers and musicians and artists, as well as those in the sciences.   The truest talents seem to be god given, although it’s also easy to believe that these people can just tap into the stream.

Some can write, sing, play and instrument or create works of art. My gift is, I can see. This is how I tap into that stream of creativity. Delivery via photography and motion is the most natural way for me to save those things and deliver them back. I’ve always called myself a mirror, nowadays, I’m a content provider.

So what about Ideas? Where do they live? For me it’s really simple. The idea is like a voice that is heard inside our heads that we must answer. An external inspiration heard internally. Ideas live in that same stream, side by side with creativity, waiting to be tapped into. Anyone can tap into this stream. Although it seems once one claims ownership to creativity, that creativity seems to elude them.

Are you tapping in?