It's just life

So dear graphic design peers - what inspires you? For me it's having the time to dabble without having an established goal, just going with the flow of the creative impulse. Doing something I've never done before, seeing an entirely new form of creative expression unfold before me inspires me. Seeing something that is genuinely well done inspires me. Getting in touch with nature inspires me. Watching the sunset with a special someone or just listening to the gentle splashes of the waves and the distant screams of seagulls inspires me. Seeing people around me unfold and build up the courage to step into the unknown inspires me. Truth inspires me. Love inspires me. But more than anything, being free - truly deeply free - inspires me.

Creativity has its source in something deeply mysterious, like a spiritual intuitive force that winds its path through our lives and leaves us in awe. I frankly find it hard to be genuinely creative in an environment that requires a constant stream of small rote design tasks due yesterday. This is a challenge I struggle with every day. Taking something as huge and awe-inspiring as the creative force and then squeezing it through a pin hole at breakneck speeds... (I've had a little more time to dabble lately and I've loved it). Is this how it's supposed to be? Are we just victims of a society that must hurry up to slow down so that true creativity can unfold and peace emerge from its burning, passionate eyes?

Is it possible that creativity as opposed to mere production, if let back into society at large and given time to breathe its deep breaths, could actually save us all?

At any rate, it will save my passion for this craft.