Swimming

In the "creative" realm, you learn that is all process, it's all a working through... and the only important thing is to keep the process moving forward.


It's kind of like swimming.  Swimming in the vast ocean of possibilities.  Sometimes you can float, you can coast, you can conserve energy.  In fact, coasting is part of the process too.


You can look back, but it's pretty much irrelevant.  You can see how far you are from the shore, but it's probably just a reminder of how deep you are into the process, and that you can't ever really turn back.  And it isn't even desirable to go back.


And you can look ahead, but really it's just a lot of empty, churning water and if there's a distant shore, it's shrouded in fog and there's no telling how far away it really is.


So you are swimming in the ocean of "creativity," in the "sea of possibilities," and there are no certainties, there are no life-rafts to hang onto.  You have your "wits" and your sense of "fun," and your desire to be "engaged."


You swim and you decide to love swimming.