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What happens when (unwelcome) change occurs? In particular change that happens unexpectedly or without explanation. This type of change can be the most frustrating because we don’t have a chance to prepare for it.

“There is no darkness, only colors mixed on top of each other that combine to appear darker and darker, yet when pieced apart; acknowledged, separated and explored, they bring light to those colors you couldn’t see before.” - An old journal entry from the first year I started fire-dancing and movement arts.

In my last post, I wrote about how to manage and sort through all your wonderful ideas. This is important because without a way to untangle yourself from all your ideas, you can end up stuck and frustrated. The key take-away from this post was the importance of having a way to get those ideas out of your head and into an safe, organized, calm space.

Do you ever feel completely tangled? You know, that feeling when you have ideas, which are intertwined with goals and mixed with to-do lists, and oh another amazing idea just popped up, and, and and….Phew!

A few weeks ago I polled a few groups of people about their creativity, in particular, I asked what it was that held them back from their creativity. (And to be clear, when I speak of creativity, I don't just mean the visual arts, I am speaking to any form of creating...from dance, to painting, to cooking, to writing, to planning a party).

Today I want to share something that I often say to my daughter (and I suspect many other parents say to their children as well). It’s a few simple words that I feel, can be pretty powerful.

“Let’s do it together”

The thing about creativity is that it requires a bit of trial and error and it often leaves us uncertain about the outcome. It also requires us to be vulnerable, especially when putting part of ourselves into our work for others to see or experience. And that, my friends, is exactly when fear likes to makes it’s appearance known.