{"id":6255,"date":"2012-12-28T15:43:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2012-12-28T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:43:35","slug":"book-review-creating-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=6255","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Creating Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?attachment_id=6256\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6256\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6256\" title=\"creating-space-angled-250_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/creating-space-angled-250_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I don\u2019t create, there\u2019s a part of me that will remain unused and unfulfilled, and it may very well turn into cynicism if I continue to neglect it.\u00a0\u00a0 I needed to create something because I was made to create, not to criticize.&#8221; Ed Cyzewski, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Creating-Space-Everyday-Creativity-ebook\/dp\/B009XXC23I\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1356726862&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=creating+space\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Creating Space<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am not a creative person by default.\u00a0 Creativity requires a good bit of effort on my part, but I feel strongly that this is an area God is calling me to cultivate in my life.\u00a0 It seems that there has been a prevailing theme of creativity in most of what I have been reading lately&#8230;especially from the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>In his book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Creating-Space-Everyday-Creativity-ebook\/dp\/B009XXC23I\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1356726862&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=creating+space\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Creating Space<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/inamirrordimly.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Cyzewski<\/a> makes some great points about how much easier it is to criticize&#8230;than to create.\u00a0 Yet, as a person who has been gifted by God with a specific purpose and plan fro my life&#8230;I must take hold of creativity in order to truly serve others and play the role that I was designed to fulfill on this earth.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d definitely recommend this for anyone that is looking to take hold of their creative side in an effort to fully know the Creator.\u00a0 I highlighted several things while reading&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You need to create because there is a part of you that is meant to come alive when you\u2019re at the computer, behind a piano, holding a pen, or handling a needle.<\/li>\n<li>You need to create because even if everything around you changes, your gifts don\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li>Whether or not it\u2019s convenient or efficient, creativity is healthy and necessary. Some kind of creativity has been hard-wired into all of us. It\u2019s aching to come out of you.<\/li>\n<li>What would you do if you had an entire day free from obligations?<\/li>\n<li>That pull you feel toward a creative endeavor is not a mistake. It\u2019s a holy discontent that has been placed in you.<\/li>\n<li>Tapping into your creativity isn\u2019t about the finished product. It\u2019s about the process\u2014becoming who you were made to be.<\/li>\n<li>Every new creative endeavor begins with a mess, chaos, and a lot of failure.<\/li>\n<li>We all love success, but it\u2019s something special to enjoy the creative process for what it is.<\/li>\n<li>Every attempt to let your creativity out is vitally important practice.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, what if you replaced the word \u201cfailure\u201d with \u201cpractice\u201d?<\/li>\n<li>Art is for others.<\/li>\n<li>Creativity is a form of service.<\/li>\n<li>You have gifts to share. When used well, creativity isn\u2019t just about you. It\u2019s about what you have to give. It\u2019s about leaving a mark, changing lives, and sparking a legacy that others can pass on.<\/li>\n<li>Distractions, entertainment, and hectic schedules are the enemies of creativity. If you\u2019re committed to your creative calling, then you need to ask yourself tough questions about how you use your time.<\/li>\n<li>The more things I turned off, the easier it was to turn my creativity on.<\/li>\n<li>Are you creating something?<\/li>\n<li>I seek distractions in order to avoid the struggle of creating.<\/li>\n<li>Creating is hard. Distracting myself is really, really easy.<\/li>\n<li>If I don\u2019t create, there\u2019s a part of me that will remain unused and unfulfilled, and it may very well turn into cynicism if I continue to neglect it.\u00a0\u00a0 I needed to create something because I was made to create, not to criticize.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If I don\u2019t create, there\u2019s a part of me that will remain unused and unfulfilled, and it may very well turn into cynicism if I continue to neglect it.\u00a0\u00a0 I needed to create something because I was made to create, not to criticize.&#8221; Ed Cyzewski, Creating Space I am not a creative person by default.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,25,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-book-review","category-education","category-leadership"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}