Comments on: Who Is Your Creative Alter Ego?

By: Matt Mascarenhas

Matt Mascarenhas — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:16:14 +0000

My Creative Alter-Ego's Other Half is a poet called Hilkka, if that counts.

By: Pace

Pace — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:16:24 +0000

YES! This is very important! I read in The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell that people usually underestimate the effect that context has on someone's personality. Like you said, "Suzy is the smart one. Matt is the artist. Karen is overly sensitive." we wrap people up into bundles of internally consistent perceptions. But the truth is that people can be ENTIRELY DIFFERENT people depending on their context. Like, for instance, when they're being creative. Or also depending on who they're around. People come up with these crazy explanations like "Oh, that's his fake self, his REAL self is actually the itinerant angsty poet," or "Oh, that's his fake self, his REAL self is actually the nice, happy, mild-mannered dude" but the truth is that neither is real, neither is fake, they're both parts of him and that different things bring each one out. One lesson I've learned from that is to put myself in situations where I like the version of me that the situations bring out.

By: Jen Mathis

Jen Mathis — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:46:09 +0000

This post really speaks to me- I have an alter ego. Every day she gets a little more miffed that I keep shoving her back into a closet. I do the dress-code-observing, desk-sitting, clacky clacky typing reports thing all day; but my alter is a pink-haired, punked-out badass who wears stripy socks, has ears full of piercings, and grafittis tags on top of 20-story buildings.

By: Tatty Franey

Tatty Franey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:45:33 +0000

this is super interesting for me. so many times i have thought of a move to use in my dance and then dismissed it for fear of looking silly, only to see, later, the same move performed by some big shot bellydance diva. sigh. it's super hard to stop second guessing oneself. xoxo

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:16:18 +0000

It's so funny that I found this today. I've recently been dreaming in romance novel fashion. You should know that I don't think I have read a romance novel since I was about 15. But I'm dreaming in fully-formed chapters -- like my subconscious is writing it all for me. It's so far removed from what I'd expect, and very exciting!

By: Keely H.

Keely H. — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:08:00 +0000

I can definitely relate to this musician. It's a little different for me. For me I'm in this huge transition phase so my poetic voice has been shifting around like a chameleon in a paint factory and its frustrating because I want to start working on a book length project because I'll need one for my MFA thesis but instead I keep jumping from project to project. It took me a long time to figure out that it wasn't that I wasn't writing, it was that I wasn't editing because nothing I was writing felt focused enough to 'count'. Learning to accept what your muse gives you whatever form it may take is such an important lesson for people trying to live the creative life. Thank you for writing this post.

By: Melissa DAntoni

Melissa DAntoni — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:17:41 +0000

Love this....so juicy, Chris. From one intensity expressing goddess to another. with much love and gratitude, Melissa

By: leah

leah — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:59:22 +0000

Oh this perfect! I love that you teach this way and encourage others to create what is in their hearts. It's so powerful to go where the juice is!!

By: Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:20:55 +0000

Can totally relate to this! As you know... you've heard me say in painting class things like... "What's with the parrot's breath choking the mermaid?" Thanks for encouraging permission to just let it rip!

By: Pauline Esson

Pauline Esson — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:43:52 +0000

Oh joy. What an encouraging story. Encouragement to shed the externally approved labels and sanctioned lives in favour of the one that's really what's there and heartfelt understanding and recognition of the obstacles. Thank You!

By: Goddess Leonie | GoddessGuidebook.com

Goddess Leonie | GoddessGuidebook.com — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:48:26 +0000

woman, i adore you with all my heart. thank you for being you. i love you xoxoxo