tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871576383923273228.post4662915337261457296..comments2009-02-16T21:51:19.811-05:00Lindanoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871576383923273228.post-24377922488992260882009-02-16T21:51:00.000-05:002009-02-16T21:51:00.000-05:00Hannah,<BR/><BR/><I>"I suppose I refer more to claiming it as a true statement of identity. Self-identifying as creative, versus ignoring one's innate creative trait."</I><BR/><BR/>Yep. I think we're on the same page! <BR/><BR/>As far as the father/daddy analogy, I completely understand.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108799473999610302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871576383923273228.post-78781629631394932012009-02-16T21:44:00.000-05:002009-02-16T21:44:00.000-05:00Jim, Thank you for your comment! <BR/>I, too, have been disillusioned by religion and have been rethinking what I thought I knew about Christianity and looking at <I>everything</I> in a new light for the last couple of years.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading some of your "History Maker Monday" posts. :-)Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108799473999610302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871576383923273228.post-76831493789143893162009-02-15T16:41:00.000-05:002009-02-15T16:41:00.000-05:00Life in action, I like that!<BR/><BR/>I see the distinction you point out, and I think it's "both-and" situation. My father was my father from the beginning, but something special happened when I was able to look at him and say "Daddy." He was already my father, and would be whether I called him that or not, and my claiming it did not make it any more or less objectively true, but it was still an important and necessary part of our relationship. <BR/><BR/>When I speak of "claiming" creativity, I don't mean that it is not ours otherwise. I suppose I refer more to claiming it as a true statement of identity. Self-identifying as creative, versus ignoring one's innate creative trait.Hannahhttp://twitter.com/capturedcastlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871576383923273228.post-70100395031164539012009-02-14T07:56:00.000-05:002009-02-14T07:56:00.000-05:00Interesting post and definitely thought-provoking, which is the best kind, IMHO.<BR/><BR/>Americans are followers, at least that's been my experience. In politics, those on the left or right follow their favorite talk radio host's opinions, or their ideological leader, parroting the party line.<BR/><BR/>My firsthand experience with orthodox Xianity taught me that variant opinions were not welcome. Hence, I became a washout and now self-identify as a post-Xian.<BR/><BR/>My salvation of late and a way that I'm maintaining my sanity in a divided country, has been hearkening back to the past, through history.<BR/><BR/>My favorite way to do this has been to take a different historical figure, going through the alphabet (A to Z), head to the wonderful state library branch, and come home with a stack of books that I pore through during the week. Then, I formulate some of my thoughts via my blog, and put up my History Maker Monday post for the week (I started this in January).Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763876658345223153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871576383923273228.post-63665387793177355012009-02-13T20:36:00.000-05:002009-02-13T20:36:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comment, Hannah! <BR/><BR/>Hmm... great thought! But I was describing creativity as a natural trait rather than a right. We don't "claim" to have the right to freedom. We <I>are</I> free. And in doing what comes naturally, we express <I>life</I> in action. <BR/><BR/>Of course, there are other traits that have the opposite effect when expressed, such as greed and hunger for power... but I was not addressing those in this post.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108799473999610302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871576383923273228.post-59539389994955077252009-02-13T16:09:00.000-05:002009-02-13T16:09:00.000-05:00I definitely agree that we are meant to be creators, that it is an essential part of a life lived to the fullest. Unfortunately, there is truth in your mother's words as well. The question is, how did they get to that point? And too often the finger points back at us. So for those of us who have claimed the "luxury" (some would say "right") of creativity, what can we do to mend what humankind has broken? We claim the right to be creative, and with any right comes responsibility as well.Hannahhttp://twitter.com/capturedcastlenoreply@blogger.com