I recently had a conversation with one of my coaches in The Artistry of Life Course, Alan Ray (www.creativeselfexpression.com ). It was so inspired, and so well-crafted an answer about how to create what we want in our lives, I asked for and was granted permission to share it with all of you here. This is the second part of his answer to me.

Alan’s Answer: Into the Woods PART 2

Here’s how I found the place. One day I was driving to Austin from Houston with a girl I was dating at the time. Halfway back to Austin, she suggested we pull off in a small town called Bastrop to have lunch. And I said, okay. So we did.

She pulled her SUV up on the main street and into a parking space. I got out of the car and saw an old pair of boxing gloves hanging in a store window. This was my first clue as I had written that there was an old pair of boxing gloves hanging on the wall in the story. So, immediately it caught my attention.

I got out of the SUV, walked right up to the window, stared at the boxing gloves, then went inside an antique shop that used to be an old bar. Then I got really excited, because I new that I was at the right place at the right time. Turns out there was an empty bar room adjacent to the one that I was standing in. I had a look at it and it was perfect. We wound up shooting the film there a few weeks later.

Funny thing, the restaurant we had planned to go to that day was closed.

So the action that led to me finding the location for my film was to say ‘Yes, lets go have lunch there.’ In no way did I even remotely see it connecting to my film.

The point here is that inspired action may seem completely unrelated to what it is that you’re creating. But that’s what makes the action inspired, as opposed to some planned action that your rational mind might give you.

The reason I’ve included his wonderful explanation of this creative process is because the process works the same way with your body and your health, but we’re not used to thinking of it this way.

You can find out more about Alan’s work here:
http://www.creativeselfexpression.com

Here’s to Your Transformation!

Teresa

I recently had a conversation with one of my coaches in The Artistry of Life Course, Alan Ray (http://www.creativeselfexpression.com/). It was so inspired, and so well-crafted an answer about how to create what we want in our lives, I asked for and was granted permission to share it with all of you here. It’s a bit longer than my usual posts, so I am posting it in two parts as he wrote them.

 Teresa’s question: So if you were to give us an example of creating action steps for your creations – without any kind of forcing or ‘have to’ kind of energy, what would those look like? For example, you wrote that you intend on having the script for the first season completed by the end of the month – and that reads in my mind like a whole lot of actions, rather than just one. So for you is that writing every morning first thing? or writing when you feel inspired to write? or is it an outline that you create and fill in day by day?

I guess what I’m asking is you’ve shown me the forest, and the woods – which are beautiful in the distance. Would you please now share the trees, the branches, the bark, and the leaves – the colors, the textures, the sounds, the fragrance of those woods? Thanks!

 
Alan’s answer: Into the Woods PART I

Great question.

I’m usually always listening for inspiration. When an idea comes to me that gets my attention and interest, I begin to put more focused energy on it. I do this several ways. First by thinking about it or imagining it in my mind. Secondly, I always share it with other people. Always. You never know who may play a part in what you want to create.

Once I get clear on what I want to create, then I listen for what the voice of inspiration says next. Usually, this will involve taking an action. The action may be to share it with a friend. The action may be (in the case of my new web series idea) to sit down and let the story flow through me. It’s not really something I have to write as much as it is something that I tune into and receive. Then I just write down what I see and hear.

It’s a step by step process. As you listen for inspired actions to take, you want to be clear that you may be prompted to do things that may not seem to connect to what it is that you are creating.

Example; Once I was working on a short film and needed to find a location. So, there was my original intention, to make a film. Finding a location to film in then became part of I would need to do to fulfill on my intention. The setting for that particular story was an old, empty bar with ceiling fans, hardwood floor, round tables, etc. I didn’t know of any place like that, but I was intending to attract a place like that into my reality.

I’ll post the second part of Alan’s answer for you tomorrow. In the meantime you can find out more about Alan’s work here:

http://www.creativeselfexpression.com/

Here’s to Your Transformation!

Teresa