Brainwashed

After reading Seth Godin’s “Brainwashed” (http://changethis.com/), I was struck by one of his seven levers for reinvention. Make art. Godin explains that art is the creation of something that’s never been created he believes even the simple act of human interaction is art, and I love that, there is so much beauty to be found by just spending time with other people, there are so many new things to learn new ideas to be discovered through the meeting of the minds. His lever acknowledge the lizard goes hand in hand with make art, it’s to hear that voice that tells us not to do things to not stick our necks out for fear of rejection or ridicule, we have to hear that little voice inside of us to be able to push past it and come out the other side with whatever we created proud that we made it. Both of these levers are things that we are working on with our blogs. We are making art, creating the uncreated, and also risking ridicule and rejection by putting them out where everyone can see them, we are acknowledging the lizard but posting everything anyway. I think these levers make for a better well rounded person, an artistic person. It gives us the tools to fight our fear and get in touch with the purest form of ourselves, our creative selves. There’s not a whole lot that could be cooler than that.