Donald Miller's Thoughts on Creativity
I recently said on Twitter, “I want to create, not consume. It’s in creation that I can reflect my Creator.” I firmly believe that. So much of what we do in life is in reality a dim reflection of who God Himself is; I suppose that comes with being made in His image.
The author of several books, including the rather successful Blue Like Jazz (the film of which is in post-production; more on that in the future), Donald Miller has been exploring the concept of creativity, and sharing his musings on his blog so we can undertake the journey of being creators together. The above link is a list of ten tips on being creative culled from those longer entries, and is well worth reading.
My favorite is “A Creator Doesn’t Just Talk About Their Work. They Work.”
In a way, creating brings together the physical and spiritual; it’s an act of reaching for the Divine. It’s also an act of redemption – not of redeeming ourselves, but understanding what it means to be redeemed in a broken world.
