“A musician must make music,” wrote Abraham Maslow, “an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must.” In that spirit, the creative journey is the one you can’t not take, the work you can’t not do. But it takes courage to live boldly, a bold heart to become yourself. If you are stuck, you must move. To fuel the journey, to rekindle your love of the work, to make this leap of faith requires extraordinary energy. For creativity is love’s work. And if you don’t love it, it won’t work. And if it won’t work, then it’s time to stoke the fire.

Stoking the Creative Fires – Phil Cousineau