The Soul(s) of Creativity

A friend sent me a passage -- an artist's creed -- from the first book linked below. In the process of searching for the publication of origin, I linked to the second resource, which was very intriguing because I've had a passage by Oriah Mountain Dreamer woven into this site and into my mind for years.

Anyhow, here is a snippet from the creed:

"I believe that the time I spend creating my art is as precious as the time I spend giving to others.

"I believe that what truly matters in the making of art is not what the final piece looks like or sounds like, not what it is worth, but what newness gets added to the universe in the process of the piece itself becoming.

"I believe that I am not alone in my attempts to create, and that once I begin the work, settle into the strangeness, the words will take shape, the form find life, and the spirit take flight..."

From "The Soul of Creativity: Insights into the Creative Process," which I originally mis-Googled as "The Soul of Creativity with Oriah Mountain Dreamer." Which was just as well.

Mountain Dreamer's site is here.