Adventures in the Creative Mind
Written By Hope Ackerly
One of my favorite things in the world is to adventure and travel. My deepest joy is to see and experience new things, and new foods. I feel most alive when I am experiencing a new culture or outside seeing the world. And today was a day for adventuring outdoors with my love. We drove over to Connecticut and went to the drive range and then on a small little hike/walk, then ate sushi while listening to the audiobook of Harry Potter (#3) then on the way home there was ice cream(nondairy for me, oh btw it was the best nondairy I had. Oat milk blueberry pancake ice cream!) and to finish the night with some video games and writing.
But during the adventure I thought about things as I always do. How could I become a real writer. I know I write this blog, and I have written short stories but how do I become an author. It’s funny this came up because I have always wanted to be a writer, ever since I was a kid. I’d always make up stories and tell them to my sister at night. It was so much fun before bed to tell her a story that I would just make up on the spot. My imagination really was quite wild and fun, and that is something I am longing for. I long for my creative side to come out and make my own fantasy world that everyone gets wrapped up in like Harry Potter, or The Lord of the Rings. I have at least 4 ideas for stories but am a perfectionist who doesn’t even know how to begin. I have written things down from time to time but never stayed dedicated enough in this pursuit.
One thing I put on my first dream board back in 2017 was that I was a writer and I put a bunch of books as well. I have always wanted to do this, but it’s outside my comfort zone. Fear holds me back because I like to know how to do things and I am unsure of what I want to write. There are so many aspects to myself and each time I think of writing I am unsure where I lie. I enjoy reading books of spiritual nature and expanding my mind. I enjoy reading young adult fiction because the fantasy worlds are sometimes so intoxicating it’s hard to be pulled away. I feel that I am pulled in different directions that it’s hard for me to focus on a path for to long. And then reality sets in.
It’s like this with massage I can go the scientific route with palpable results and tangible proofs that others believe in because they can see. Or I can become an energy transmuter that works on the energy systems and frequencies of the body that not many believe in because their is no tangibility or proof. That’s how I feel when it comes to writing. Some days I could write something serious where others I might do something bizzarre.
In a world so uncertain and for someone who likes safety I find it hard to venture into this territory. Even though I have written a blog entry everyday except one from the start of this dare to habit creation of mine I still have this image of what a true writer looks like. I guess I need to shatter that expectations so I can see right now in front of me, that I am already a writer. Boom, mind blown. I just need to shift my paradigm on what being a writer is and means to me. I expect greatness and idealize things not because I can’t believe that they will reach that height but because if I can imagine that level of greatness then it must exist right? It must be achievable? If anything is possible, and I believe in the good and optimism of something, then the level of greatness I expect is achievable. So you just got to witness how I have a conversation with myself. That is how I talk to myself a lot, questioning everything. Digging deeper for the truth. Trying to understand the limits and seek to destroy them.
So how do you adventure? What are some creative adventures you have taken? What are your creative outlets that bring you joy?I know this entry may seem a little all over, I am super super full right now and sleepy. I just want to do something for me that I have always wanted to do. Not continue down a path because I am good at it, or because it’s safer. Complacency is the death of a creative mind. So is your creativity alive?
Today was a 8.