During my reading for this project, I have found a similar point echoed from a range of writers. For centuries, man has looked to turned to nature for solace or inspiration. I believe we are to live harmoniously with the ebbs and flows of nature. The ancient Chinese concept, Wu Wei, similar to the concept of flow, teaches us to align with these movements. Through this, we can find ways as artists to rekindle our relationship with nature, our environment and ourselves. The present, then, allows us to access the well of inspiration that is already inside us. We find that ideas will flow freely from us when we are in the current moment, focused on the task at hand and our bodily responses.
It is through communing with nature that we move closer to our own nature p. 52 The Creative Act/ Rick Rubin
Discipline and freedom seem like opposites. In reality they are partners. Discipline is not a lack of freedom, it is a harmonious relationship with time p.135 The Creative Act/ Rick Rubin
In this creative dance, where nothings is pursued, nothing is lost, and everything gracefully falls into its rightful place – nothing remains p.54 The Way Of Effortless Books/ Joshua David Hester
When practice becomes fixated on goals and end points, it distorts itself p.21 Structures And Synthesis/ Mark Fell
It is possible that playful participation can result in peak creative product, but the critical factor is that music is not held at a distance and objectified but instead lives as a process into which all members of the group enter, experience and enjoy p.11 Free To Be Musical/ Lee Higgins, Patricia S Cambell
Whether scientist or artist, coming to know our individual sense of the world is not a one-sided inquisition, but a constant collaboration between oneself and this nature and cosmos. Asking Questions Of Nature/ Patrick Lyon