The Soul of Creativity

Using our imagination and expressing our creativity can alleviate stress, improve our health, and bring joy to our relationships.

Studies have shown that people who live their lives participating in what they believe to be creative behavior are mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthier than those who repress and try to control.

The truth does not ride on a clever response, but on something immediate, irrational, torn directly from the soul. That’s why the answer to a koan can’t be figured out, but must arise from the soul like an instinctual cry of love or rage or whoopee. That answer is the soul of creativity. It arises, like the insights and ideas of small children, from an undivided mind.