Why do so many great ideas come to us in the shower?
04 Apr 2011 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Holy Spirit, inspiration, rhythm, time
Because we have time. We’re not distracted. We don’t need brain power for 5, 10, 20 minutes. We have time to be alone with our thoughts, with the Muse, the Holy Spirit. And we have time to listen, to hear what the Spirit is saying.
The trick now is to build that time into our day.
Rhythm.
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Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. “I write only when inspiration strikes,” he replied. “Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp.” (In Steven Pressfield, The War of Art)
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Make time for inspiration.
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Apr 11, 2011 @ 20:57:28
I am hanging out in a book called The Artist’s Way with scheduled “morning pages” and am discovering that it is akin to showering or stacking wood or walking aross camp for the umpteenth time. So much happens in those moments and God is all over them.