The more I pray for awareness.
It is:
Eyes wide open, I sure have missed a lot.
Michelangelo once noted about his David masterpiece saying, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
For many, our days are nothing more than a big marble block…heavy, burdensome, or simply a rock that weighs one down or must be climbed over.
I’m calling you out and asking you to find the angel in your Monday marble.
See him. What was seen as weight is now viewed as opportunity.
Listen to him. He beckons action.
Chip. Hammer. Chip. Hammer. Set him free.
May the Muse this day give us eyes to see the hidden and maybe even shy, but pleading angels in our marble blocks.
Their (angel) freedom is your fulfillment.
It’s almost too easy now…
You can walk into the store purchase the mannequin’s outfit and put it on tomorrow. Stylish (today). But you’ve copied and pasted.
You can choreograph a new dance for your studio and add a taste of Gangham Style. Funny. But, again, you’ve copied and pasted.
In your pursuit of the creating the next great burger chain you can add “your” version of The Secret/1000 Island Sauce. Good. And, once more, you’ve copied and pasted.
Fulfillment in your work will be found when instead of describing it to be “like” something, you can say “this unlike anything you’ve ever seen.”
The reward is in the work, in the creative, and in revealing what The Muse has whispered that only you can decipher.
Say no to metaphorical right-clicking copying and pasting.
The great pianist Edvard Grieg once remarked on the purpose behind the creative energies of his music saying, “it is to build dwellings for men in which they might feel at home and happy.”
You can keep your cards close to your chest and even hide your thoughts from us, but your music or your noise will always expose your “why”.
This is the question that should find its way to the front of every Monday: “Where’s my ‘why’?”
Ashton.Gustafson 