THE CREATIVE’S JOURNEY
The creative begins the journey
transforming imagination to close reality
It begins with a thought, a whiff
An idea creeps in,
a child’s laughter unlocks some hidden memory
A random thought strolls in,
a philosophical question yet to be seen
Excited, with frantic steps, rapid breaths
Pen to paper, brush to canvas
fingers to computer
Fighting, in a bid to get all ideas out
Before the famous ‘artist block’ comes in
Without knocking must add,
how rude how mean
Developing, turning chords to form a tune
Drawing, filling branches from the stems and roots of thoughts,
Plot twist here, second stanza there
The creative pauses
Anxiety, discontentment
To start over or abandon the project
again
The battle is fought
The creative wins
The story weaves on
The tunes begin to click
no longer resembles a doodle
nor a blob of clay
The battle is fought
The creative losses
Throwing away this attempt
He’ll live to write (draw) another day
The end is near
The last chapter in progress
The bridge being formed
The last touches put in place
The creative smiles,
The thousandth mile passed
Interesting yet laborious
Now will he take another journey
To protect this
Interesting yet laborious
from leering hands
who have not been on the creative’s journey
and cannot tell
that sweat is not separate from gain
The creative’s journey
has come to an end
He must sit and enjoy
gain not separate from sweat
This is exactly what happens to me when inspiration hits 😂
Great🏆!