Friday, September 21, 2007

Why do I call myself a Creative Purpose Coach?

Creativity, as we know, is a gift or talent for expressing the beauty we feel in our hearts and souls. And the work that we do, how we use the media at our disposal - this is how we engage our energies in the process of creation.

But, as artists, we also know that our relationship to the creative process is much less about "what" we do, and more about "how" we do it. This is where purpose comes into play.

I coach people - that is, inspire, encourage, challenge,and help them to find deeper clarity around the state of their complete being - body, mind and soul, as they engage in artistic pursuits. Together, we delve within the process, within the person - discover why they create, what drives them, what they most want to become, to say to the world (and themselves) through their work, and what is the fundamental meaning they are striving for, desiring to understand?

Again, art is not about what a person does but about who they are in the doing. And, success comes not from an objective product ( though this is of enormous value), but from the feeling that drives the creator towards that product. Where this feeling comes from, and how it is identified with the artist - this is the stuff that coach and client place in the light of their combined inspection.

Creative Purpose is about a creator identifying his/her love for life; it's also about an empowering wellspring of energy, about vision - the knowledge of a person's interior dimensions, and the great gift that waits there to be given to the world.

I help people focus on these things, help them find the self contentment that comes from knowing and loving themselves more completely. Imagine the art work that can come out of such depth. That is when creativity becomes really,really interesting.

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