{"id":345,"date":"2016-11-14T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zqe.rfn.mybluehost.me\/blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2021-09-30T16:43:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T23:43:54","slug":"born-to-create-part-5-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/born-to-create-part-5-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Born to create | Part 5: Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zqe.rfn.mybluehost.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Blog_BTC_5wisdom.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-373\" src=\"https:\/\/zqe.rfn.mybluehost.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Blog_BTC_5wisdom.jpg\" alt=\"blog_btc_5wisdom\" width=\"532\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Blog_BTC_5wisdom.jpg 532w, https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Blog_BTC_5wisdom-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Creativity sources from our souls. This unifying spirit is always flowing. Design with it for the highest good. Its intention is to co-evolve us.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Creation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This great crescendo will resolve itself<br \/>\neven as the seeming impossibility of it<br \/>\nargues against the natural order of things.<\/p>\n<p>Even as you crest this roiling, rushing wave,<br \/>\nshaking your head at the maddening illogic<br \/>\nof human beings who refuse their rightful place\u2014<br \/>\nthere is the small, still sanctuary within your soul<br \/>\nwhere love outweighs logic<br \/>\nand the summons of service matters more<br \/>\nthan the parameters of power.<\/p>\n<p>Even as you seize your trusted lance and shield<br \/>\nand encase yourself in armor,<br \/>\ndefending yourself with reason and debate\u2014<br \/>\nthere is the nearly imperceptible truth<br \/>\nimplicit in the tournament of life,<br \/>\nthat vulnerability is stronger than any sword<br \/>\nand possibility more beckoning than any prize.<\/p>\n<p>This resolution is a given,<br \/>\nas certain as your struggle\u2014<br \/>\nuntil the moment of your surrender<br \/>\nto the mystery, where every blessed thing<br \/>\ntransforms into wonder.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lauralee Alben<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_____<\/p>\n<p><em>This text is excerpted from Born to Create, a meditative manifesto on creativity and an invitation to co-design a life-giving world. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seachangedesign.com\/services.htm?div=speaking\">To schedule&nbsp;Lauralee Alben to deliver this interactive keynote, contact us.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/zqe.rfn.mybluehost.me\/blog\">Continue reading this 5-part blog post.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creativity sources from our souls. This unifying spirit is always flowing. Design with it for the highest good. Its intention is to co-evolve us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1667,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,14,15,38,18],"tags":[42,45,43,44],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-design","category-evolutionary-potential","category-humanity","category-poetry","category-spirituality","tag-borntocreate","tag-creativity","tag-design","tag-lauralee-alben"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":748,"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seachangedesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}