The 2 Creative Facets of “9 Attitudes” of the Updrafting Stance
You can step over there and see his list. I, of course, wanted to see where he went with that and how it jived with Updrafting. How does our model of creativity get reflected in the general discussion? (And isn’t it interesting that the subject of creativity is of passionate interest to people trying to make money blogging—which is, of course, just a reflection (sometimes distorted) of trying to communicate and share—a basic creative impulse. For to be a successful blogger, as in any other creative endeavor, you must find some creative communications that are meaningful to others.)
It seems to me that his nine attitudes reflect two basic rules of the stance implied by Updrafting:
- Holding no fixed ideas about what should be now and how things should become in the future.
- Problems as interesting and acceptable
- Suspending judgement
- See hurdles as leading to improvements
- Constructive discontent
- Perseverance (not giving up just because what you thought would happen didn’t happen yet)
- Knowing that you are the creative impulse that gets to play with the medium of life to create something new.
- Curiosity
- Problems as interesting and acceptable
- Confronting challenge
- Constructive discontent
- Optimism
- Perseverance (knowing you are the force that can get it done)
- Flexible imagination
The first of these rules of Updrafting (holding no fixed ideas) keeps us from putting the brakes on the power of the creative force and imagination with our resistance. The second facet (knowing that you are the creative impulse) is the accelerator that pushes us to engage in the creative process.
Brakes are a protective device and we must know what we are trying to protect ourselves from. Creative people tend to be unafraid (at least in the area of their creative successes) and therefore don’t use their brakes. People who are cautious overuse the brakes and therefore don’t get anywhere.
And that is always the question: where do you really want to go today?
