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'Minds are like parachutes. 
They only function when they are open' 
Sir James Dewar

Moments of Divine Inspiration are so few and last for just a short moment. You can’t wait for it just like that, force it to be there or switch it on on moments you want. You even can't make a prediction when exactly it should occur. 

You just can’t sit down, arrange some things around you and wait for the unpredictable to happen.

Unforeseen and unimaginable links and combinations between all sorts of ideas and views on ordinary day to day events resulting in a unique and inspired piece of work, never  heard before.

Yet we all know what it is, how it feels and how much we appreciate it.

Anyway, I found a way of tapping in to this universal  well of Divine Inspiration, or at least getting more control over it.

 

 

Allowing Divine Inspiration to strike.  

 

     There is only one important thing you should do;
Keep a notebook nearby, or a small tape recorder or a drawing pad or whatever is most useful to you. Relax and wait.
That's all. 

     It's so simple to begin.
But why, you might wonder. Well, your going to find out when reading this article. Just wait and read on.

     If using  your dreams or entering a creative flow sounds unnatural to you, you can begin with something more familiar: your in-between states of consciousness, when you are just falling asleep or just waking up, or other times when you are a little "zoned out."

 

     If you are one of those people who wake up slowly, someone who'd rather not talk before the first cup of coffee and one hour rest, consider it a good time to pick up your pencil and paper, tape recorder or whatever you decided to keep at hand and talk to your Muse.
     During these times of 'daydream', what comes up for you? An idea? Words? Images? A tune? A solution? A new concept? A story? Take what comes up seriously and record it in some way. I can’t tell you how many beautiful phrases of music I have lost because I did not take the time to write down the inspiration when it came.

Anytime your ordinary mind is on automatic pilot brilliant ideas can be born.

  So, keep a notebook nearby, or a small tape recorder or a drawing pad or whatever is most useful to you. Relax and wait. That's all.   

 

Passion, desire and ........  
     Above we have read about inspiration and how to tap in to this universal well. That was the part of the ten percent inspiration, opening your mind, let it flow and record it somehow. Now comes that other part; 90 percent transpiration.
     As important as receptivity two other qualities are now most important; passion and the strong intention to develop your ideas. This is the most difficult part; sometimes you have to do things over and over again because the results don’t satisfy you even when you faintly recognize the jewels peeking through. And it is even more difficult: you are your own judge!		  Critical you are and must be: in your creative unconsciousness you saw the jewels but they just don't give themselves to you: you have to work very hard to shape your jewels. Sometimes you have to go back to the previous state of mind, your moments of 'daydream',  clearing your mind and open it for new ideas. Ordinary mind can’t always focus onto it for long. We are easily distracted.
     But once your ideas begin to take shape an other phenomenon appears: a flow of action or a trance if you like, things go almost by itself, one musical solution leads to another and you feel like making giant steps. Your work is reaching its end and polishing is the final stage.  

 

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