Do we really ever create work that is “original”?
I ask this question after taking a social media sabbatical and having trouble with the process of creation. In my own inner development, I find that some of the tools I had been using as a means of fortifying my creativity had begun to lose its spark. In the reclamation of this spark, I began pursuing meaning, ideas, information and innovations outside of myself to regain its merits. Hoping to reclaim this Creative instinct and spirit, I’d hoped that witnessing its merit in others would ignite it in myself. And though this plan did arise some interest, its heaviness begun to weigh deeply when the idea of “originality” began to escape my ego’s grasp.
What is it about being “original” that brings us some sense of pride? Is it being able to say, “I put out the greatest piece of work anyone has seen”? Is it that we feel proud of displaying work no one has ever seen, even at the threat of others disapproval? Is it that through the Creative Spirit of The One being channeled, we are able to find our place in the world once more? What is this “originality” that society seems to be harping on each of our creative thought process?
In lui of my make-up, I suppose it is imperative that I go through a constant rewashing. Through this rewashing, I find that deconstructing and recreating programs are integral to not just growth but my understanding of life. We each have a means and manner of behaving in this world. And through our means, God has a deeper awareness and presence of all of the facets of His essence through creation. But how often do we allow the grace of this essence to shine forth.
The idea of originality, in the context of creating is just that—the unique, integral formation of God’s handiwork expressed through our individual essence. When I take this into account, I am quickly reminded that in a sense, nothing and everything is original all at the same damn time. Coming from this place of Oneness, we each are reflections of the One who has brought our existence from nothingness. We each are a culmination of experiences created through this encompassing entity, filtered through the reality of our perceptions. And when I keep this in mind, I realize that each word, each action, each thought are original in the sense that they come from my uniqueness, in the likeness of God.
If you were afraid to speak due to imposter syndrome, let this stand as a reminder that though we may feel the claws of false identity clinging to your chest—you stand alone as none of the identities you cling to, belonging only to the giver of identity Himself.
And that, I hope brings some semblance of release.
Life is effortless. Allow yourself to flow with ease.
Xx
Heaven
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Genuinely Jannah 