This is what creativity serves. It endeavours to brings some of our hidden life to expression in order that we might come to see who we are.*
John O’Donohue

The ability not to rush to conclusions, to keep multiple hypotheses in mind, and to remain open to new information and possibilities is key to not getting sucked into misbelief. We tend to admire and seek out conviction and confidence. But we would be better served if we learned to admire and enjoy a state of ambiguity.**
Dan Ariely

What are you doing when you are being
your most creative? –
It’s possibly not the thing lying on the surface, so
look beneath the obvious action to see what is driving this –
that will lead us to try and to discover more;
What we are doing,
To use Dan Ariely’s words, is avoiding
misbelief in ourselves, being open in an ongoing way to
there being more to find and bring of ourselves –
Then we will need to invent new ways for delivering this.

Take five minutes, and dive beneath the surface of what you do:
Write out the talents or superpowers involved,
What are the values you are seeking to give expression to?
Where are the spikes of high energy?

Don’t judge, remain open:
Spend another five minutes – today or tomorrow – and
rewrite what you have as new possibilities to explore –
It’s still you, but more of you.

*John O’Donohue’s Divine Beauty;
**Dan Ariely’s Misbelief.