The Creative Fight: Create Your Best Work and Live the Life You Imagine by Orwig Chris

Author:Orwig, Chris [Orwig, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2015-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

Be Real and Find Hope

Becoming more creative doesn’t mean slapping a fake smile on your face, nor does it mean indulging in negative critique. The creative fight is more having the guts to be real and to find hope even when all is lost. Just like Dr. Seuss, you have something inside of you that is meant to better the world. This is the reason you are here. This is your life’s call.

Most of us ignore the passion that pounds in our chest because we think ourselves too small. “How could I make a difference? I’m not as smart, skilled, talented, tall, or connected as someone else.” When we tell ourselves these myths, we keep our mouths shut. We compare the number of social media fans and followers we have and think that we can make a dent. We forget that greatness isn’t about many but one. As Dr. Seuss reminds us, “To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”

You have been given certain gifts, talents, and skills. Your life experience has shaped you into a one-of-a-kind, unique human. You can contribute to the world in a way that no one else can. For Ted Geisel, his something was writing and illustrating books. You have to find out what it is for yourself. The only way to begin to do that is to try. It won’t happen if you keep your something hidden in a box. Ted had to fight to find his life’s call, and it almost didn’t come to be. The universe conspired and Ted ran into a friend who kick-started his career. This fortunate event happened only because Ted was out on the street. You need to get out there too and give it a worthwhile fight to make your something be seen.

Second, we tend to mistakenly think that the path to accomplishment is a straight line. That’s at least what it looks like when we see someone else succeed. The reality is that the path is always a circuitous route. When I taught college students I was often asked, “How did you get to where you are?” I consistently responded that my story is a long and winding tale. My story wasn’t A - B - C. It was more C - A - R - P - E - D - I - E - M. I was the career planner’s nightmare at the school where I taught. The students were supposed to study photography and then become photographers—that’s it. Yet I had discovered a hidden secret—that the best photographers were those who didn’t follow the cookie-cutter path. To make more interesting photographs you have to live a more interesting life. Wild, free, and abundant life has a way of shaping success that is impossible to predict. Yet the more we embrace the adventurous road, the better the odds.

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