Big Magic by Elizabet Gilbert

Big Magic is a book for any creative type!  Its a wonderful easy read to enjoy curled up on the couch, if you are someone that wants your creativity to be your source of income but are scared, if you just want to spice things up a bit, or even if you are feeling a little stuck.  There truly is big magic everywhere, and it can be in the tiniest things; I actually think its in those tiny moments that are sometimes the most pivotal in life.  

What I really loved about this book is that it gave me a different perspective on starting my business and my own creativity.  I am one of those people that was scared to start because I don't think I am good enough, and so don't want to put myself out there until its perfect.... And so the internal battle continues.  For those of you that know about personality types I am a melancholy, the perfectionist, that is sometimes annoying to be around, or that you want in your group project because you know that they will help you get the A...   Big Magic helped me let go a bit, which was wonderful and magical in it self.  I would often call projects "my baby" - I laughed out loud when I go to that chapter.  But Elizabeth Gilbert's spin on creativity gave me new life.  It helped me get into an alignment that I had only had when I was a child, and actually completely forgot about until this moment.  Creativity is fun just in it self, and that is enough.  Enough for me; and it just makes the world a better place.  I absolutely love to see people decked out in an outfit that they love, to see those Christmas houses we all go to see, because they are in the newspaper every year, or an artist painting in public.  These people probably don't make very much money from living their passion or even if its just a hobby, but they make the world a better place by making someone smile, and letting other people experience that breath taking "awe" moment.  That in it self makes it worth it.

Big Magic is also an influence to starting this blog, which I love so much (thank you).  With each article I love this blog more are more.  So please do let your creativity shine, it will make someone's day better, it will make someone smile, it might be the inspiration someone else needed.  You may even be blessed to earn a living from it!

Bring forth your creativity in what ever way feels good to you today, or even right now <3