I think we're in a deep sigh right now. We've had several decades of frenetic "progress" and technological advance. The world is economically slumping at the moment, and we're all just catching our breath. Last year I had a million awesome ideas. Right now I'm desperately trying to find a job better than minimum wage coffee haggling, but my brain is mush and I've bought into the idea that life is short and difficult. The other thing that's happened is that we've left our bodies behind in many ways. Our children are riding the ether in school and at home, and even if they get outside and ride a bike or play basketball on the school team, they spend the rest of their hours doing what I'm doing right this second - conversing with the electric body of someone I may never meet, but nonetheless someone who is real and feels real to me. Our idea field hasn't quite caught up to the electric body but it will, and then all of us regular folk (as opposed to all those visionaries flying off into blackholes and stuff) will figure it all out.
Sometimes I feel the same way regarding my creativity being in a slump. But for me at least, it has to do with time. It's hard to create a bunch of work/art when you've got a 2 year old. I can no longer slip down in to my studio, guilt free. Unless it is after hours, I have to consider the opportunity costs.conversing with the electric body of someone I may never meet,
Someday, and it may be years from now, we will have a giant Hubski gathering for the southwest and I'm buying you a drink littlebirdie. We shall meet :-)
I am definitely up for a Husbki meetup! You will get so much inspiration from your wee one that it will make up for time slump a million times over. I miss those days, they were full of so much life.
This comment is over 4 years old. My 2 year old that we referenced is now a 6 year old. She's amazing. You were right, the amount of inspiration that my "wee one(s)" (I have a 3 year old son now) have given me is amazing. I write children songs, poems, draw pictures with them, paint etc. They're creativity embodied. We are born to create! Hope you are well birdie. If, per chance you read this, check out how my son came in to the world. Pretty awesome stuff, eh? Also, we gather every Wednesday to chat, share and be merry, in the pubksi. You should join us.