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its all been said before, but i will say it again

thatthing

i am gonna be honest here,
and it might apply to you
and it might not

but this thing you have
whatever artistic identification that may be
stamped on your heart
and weaved into everything you touch

someone is going to try to take it
at some point

they probably won’t mean to
or maybe they will
or maybe it will be a fluke
or maybe they will try to make money
off this thing

that is so rightfully yours

and no matter how hard they try
(if they are trying)
it is not going to be exactly like you
because that is technically impossible

it does not contain your spirit, it contains
their spirit thus giving no comparison

in that same respect
this thing you have

someone, somewhere,
whether you are aware of it or not
has done the same thing

(and again, no comparisons)

i am not saying go be an asshole,
it is obviously not that black and white

but what i am saying is
i truly believe there enough for everyone,
everywhere

no one can take the best part of
you

and that thing-
that thing you are so afraid that someone is going
to snatch up before you get a chance to birth it

it is not the only thing
you have

it is a simply a gem
among a whole sea of treasures

and there is a lot more where all
that goodness came from

i promise you that

***********

creative assignment #25 what thing are you afraid of losing?

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ha! you got me here dear one…

my idea for my book, but I’m putting it out there today so…so be it if someone wants to do the same thing. This thing I’m creating is going to be mine and everyone else involved.

thank you for this- it’s exactly what I wanted at this exact moment.

love you!
xo

Oh thank you so much for these words and thoughts. I have been in awe of the generousity of your spirit and the trust you have in the universe that there truly is enough. You hold my fear and elevate it. You give me hope…and joy…thank you.

Whoa – you tapped right into a fear that has been rearing its ugly head over the past few days!

I’ve an idea brewing, centering around strength…but I don’t know how to get it out there (art? website? book?). I’ve been so afraid that it’s already been done!

But you are so so right…my version, that truth that is everywhere but will come through me in a way so unique that no one else has ever or will ever be able to express it just so….is aching to be heard. Thank you for the encouragement.

You are so right. There is plenty to go around and no one gonna do it just like you, babe.
xoxoxo

‘There is nothing new under the sun.’ It’s true, everything is inspired by something else. Why should we let the fear of inspiring others to greatness/pleasure/self-expression stop us from enjoying our own self-expression? Inspire…be inspired…just put your soul into it. (Besides, you can always spot the souless reproductions a mile away.)

i swear, my thoughts have been circling around this very subject this week. i would find a little jealousy monster creeping up every time a friend made some fantastic stride in their creative endeavor; it was especially bad if it was one of the creative endeavors i want to make a bigger part of my life.

but then i thought: what’s wrong with that? there’s enough for us all. there is space for her, space for me, and lots and lots of atmosphere in which our creativity can bloom.

so it’s beautiful to read this here, like you sending me a reminder not to freak out about not being where i want to be yet. it’s ok. there’s enough for all of us.

peace.**

beautiful, mccabe!

*my spark*

i guess for me the thing i fear losing is my own personal identity… (i’m still figuring out who i am.. so it sounds weird to say that) it’s just for me i seem to have always had people trying to impose their definitions of who i am on me and i rebel at that… boy do i rebel at that!!! so i’m still working on being who i am and not who people want me to be. does that make sense?

ps to my last comment…

i also feel totally NAKED and VULNERABLE to the whole universe and like you’re all aware of it and well it just feels weird and intimidating and also free and wonderful and just plain scary to be so open to all the possibilities and i just want to let it shine out of inside me and i’m stuck in this little house in a little community full of ogres and orcs and goblins who just want to hurt me and i know i’m safe and protected and feelinf so lonely that i just wqant to be free and well as you can see this is all inside of me and i need help and then i get it and i’m all freaked out cuz’ now i gotta move and i’m stuck in my own prison and you know because you see inside of me… (deep breath and a big sigh)

Well said, lady. thanks for the reminder. “simply a gem among a whole sea of treasures.” I’ll hold that one in my hand for a while, for whenever I need it.

For me, more frightening than someone stealing my spark and blowing it into their own flame, is never finding mine.

Or scarier still, egads, what if I find it? My spark, my identity, my true deep unique gift?

What if it’s ugly? What if I don’t want it? Sometimes I’m really scard to see that true face.

beautiful, mccabe. no one can take what we lay down freely. your generous soul is a treasure.

my dark thoughts have been leading me towards these beliefs and i needed to read here today, that it’s not true at all.

funny, i totally believe there’s enough for everyone when it comes to acupuncture and my practice yet, i find it hard to embrace it with art.

thank you. xx

this reminds me of when my brother was trying to do everything i wanted to do and whilst i first found it so incredibly frustrating (he liked to tell me how much better he could do it) i realized that he can never do the same as me because he won’t get the same out of it, have the same reactions, make the same decisions and choices every moment of the journey, etc. it was nice to reflect on this today. i hadn’t thought about it in a while {& not because it’s stopped, but because i’ve been avoiding him, ha ha}. but back to the assignment: i am terrified of that certain someone reaching a mutual goal before me. which i know is utterly ridiculous and normally i don’t think about it. but if i’ve had a nothing day… then it gets to me a little.
thank you for sharing xo

back to the assignment: i fear losing someone’s trust in my heart toward them and not understanding why

with kristen ~ finding it hard with the art, too, but almost from the other side, meaning, when i see something so deeply lovely and want to share it, yet there is a piece of the artist in it that is unique and unrepeatable. it deserves honor.

I can so relate to what you’re saying here. I’ve got an idea brewing that I’ve been holding so close. I want to jump right in, but it’s not ready to be birthed yet. I’m impatient! And part of that impatience is fear. Fear that if I don’t do it NOW, someone else will do it before I do.

Silly.

Because you’re right. Even if someone else did something like it, it would bear their own unique stamp. And plus, it would just make the whole thing that much more marvelous. It would broaden the scope of what I’m moving toward, and I would learn so much from them, anyway!

I want to hold onto this idea you’re sharing here. It’s hard to be patient, though.

i’m afraid he will ~squash~ my spirit, and, because of that, my creativity. my spirit IS my creativity. i know he can’t take it. but, i’m still afraid.
xo.
e.

You are so right! IMHO, we would lose all the magic if everyone tried to be like someone else. Each person has such unique qualities and talents ~ it’s like all different colors that can be spread around to make the world so much happier.

Love you,

omg, this speaks to my soul. there IS enuf for everyone! we are all unique & perfect & shining so brightly. when we truly FEEL our magnificence, we understand that there need be fear of losing anything. it is all right here ♥ always.

my macbook has been in the shop, so i am trying to catch up on reading your blog…

well said!

i have this friend that loves to be creative, the only problem is that she searches high and low for what others have been creating and then she makes the same things and sells them (she has taken several of my well thought out ideas and designs and sold them as her own work). i suppose it is OK to find what others love and then create it for yourself, like if you see a pretty dress but can’t afford to buy it, make your own that is similar – but when you take it and then sell it, that is different.

i have been painting rocks (just like your rocks) since i was a little kid. My grandmother has been painting beach rocks because her mother painted beach rocks her whole life. Its just been passed along the family line… all of the way from the beaches of Ireland! They painted beautiful beach scenes but when i realized mine looked like crap, i started painting words of love. A friend found your website and pointed out that you were selling rocks just like what i make for fun on etsy (so are other people), at first i was like – that kind of sucks because i’ve been doing this for years and i no longer felt original or unique. but i stuck around and read some of your blog, you are unique and you are fun and a lot like me in the creative sense – so i felt a connection that made me stop thinking about feeling less than unique and more like i had found a cool person! i even bought your mermaid videos to do the class with my 10 year old daughter.

i keep having people tell me,
“you should sell your photos and your rocks and all of the creative things that you make!” but there is something in me saying – “you aren’t original enough to put your stuff out there!” because lets face it, anyone can paint a rock and put a word on it… but at the same time i keep thinking “mine are different because they are my own… and NO ONE can make what i make because i made it!”

i guess what i am trying to say is that your post inspired me to think about creativity a different way! maybe one day i will put myself out there and see what happens. until then, i only create for myself these days.

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