Comments on: Creation and Commitment

By: Bobbye

Bobbye — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:27:16 +0000

Lynn, Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Yes, commitment can be tricky. It can be the hidden-in-plain-sight concept that gets overlooked. I appreciate your stopping by.
~B

By: Lynn Jordan

Lynn Jordan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:47:10 +0000

This post brought on DUH! moment for me. I had never really thought about commitment associated with creativity.

However, when writing a novel, commitment is absolutely necessary to push through the middle after the enthusiasm of the beginning is gone. It’s obvious, when I think about it.

By: Bobbye

Bobbye — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:45:33 +0000

Melanie, Some freakin glitch. I know I wrote a reply hours ago, but somehow it didn’t “take.” I agree. “Commitment” sounds difficult. Sounds like you’re in it for the long haul. I love your thought — it’s worth pondering — of uncovering the reframe that will allow us to embrace commitment joyously. I wonder if we could power the commitment with the fires of passion and enthusiasm to somehow make it less foreign? Always great food for thought.
~B

By: Bobbye

Bobbye — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:50:18 +0000

Dear Karen, Thank you! There is little more thrilling to someone who writes than to get feedback that their writing raises lifts the hair or raises goosebumps. I hope your writing project went well. Wow! I so appreciate your comments. Blog on! Write on!
~B

By: Karen Wilson Wehrle

Karen Wilson Wehrle — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:32:52 +0000

Why, oh why does my hair lift when I read this post? Even on the second, then the third, reading? This needs serious thinking and feeling and sitting still with.

Thank you so much. It might be my knitting project that stalled out of lack of yarn, but I don’t think so. I think it’s writing-related. Okay, I’m off to write and see what comes out.

By: Melanie Kissell

Melanie Kissell — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:06:58 +0000

Bobbye ~

I believe “commitment” can be just as scary a word as “accountability”. They both seem to connote “serious hard work.” Therefore, I know that some bridges will never be built.

Enthusiasm, creativity, and passion may abound! But without commitment, the gap between one’s creation and one’s community will not congeal.

I wonder if we could find a way to help people view commitment more as something to be embraced? To rejoice and revel in?

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