The impossible/intuition


When is something impossible?

Once standard options fail, creativity begins.


A path can feel instinctively right, without evidence to “prove” it.

But how long to continue without external affirmation?


When the heart resigns, has it become impossible?

Or is acceptance the start of a new perspective?


Impossibility is more opinion than fact.

Just because it’s not apparent, doesn’t mean there isn’t a way.


Sit with the impossible, and cracks begin to appear.

Invisible, except to those who wait- patiently, expectantly.


Intuition

When it comes to creative decisions, I’m pretty intuitive. That’s definitely not to say I always make the best choice with the best result. Rather, I lean toward my gut feelings and avoid over-rationalizing, for better or worse.

I don’t try to come up with reasons, or to justify my logic. Mostly, I prefer to act first. I know I’ll discover later why I wanted to do something, and what I needed to learn.

I can’t know what I don’t know, but perhaps on some level, I can sense my blind spots.

If I get an interesting idea, I feel it deeply in the pit of my stomach, my heart accelerates, and my mind churns- I guess it’s a hit of adrenaline. As soon as I wake up, and as I lie down to sleep, I obsess over how to make it a reality.

When an idea grabs me, it feels like someone has dared me, challenged me. No one ever gives me permission to execute my ideas, but no one (except the fear and doubt of my own mind) explicitly forbids me either. I think it often has to do with breaking unspoken conventions. So it feels a bit subversive, rebellious.

I go where I feel pulled, and approach it with an open mind. I don’t know what the experience will be before it happens, and I don’t set too many parameters around my choices. I try to trust myself, though it sometimes feels like stepping into the unknown.