Creative Passion: Turning Windows into Doors

So much of our view of life, and our view of ourselves as artists, depends on our windows. If our windows are in the wrong place or too small, we miss so much. 

All of us are born into a house with the windows already in place. A house constructed by our family background, culture, education, and sometimes religion. This "prefabrication" makes it hard to move the windows because we may not even realize a different view is possible.

We may feel pinched and uneasy, or sense that something is missing or wrong. Maybe our writing or art feels stale. The first sign may be that we can’t hear any bells ring through these windows. We don't feel fully alive.

So ask, "what am I missing?" Am I looking at the world squeezed through someone else’s determination of what I should see? Sometimes to move the window, you start by tearing down the old walls. Start reading, learning, looking. Follow the breadcrumbs of what excites you. Take the idea of “doing the next right thing” and “follow the next right thing that ignites your creative passion.” And the next.

When we move the windows or make them bigger, new light pours in. Windows can even turn into doors. And we can hear the bells ring out. We can make new and original art, make new and original stories.