We were talking in circle last time about how we often get stuck. We want to create something in our lives, and we have a very clear idea of what it is, and yet, we notice we keep doing what we have been doing and keep getting what we have been getting. When we notice that, we feel stuck.
As we talked about this and the idea of how to get ‘unstuck’, I shared Norman Seeff’s Seven Stage Dynamic of the Creative Process. Norman, after studying the creative process in numerous disciplines, including artists, rock stars, actors, engineers, designers and rocket scientists, he observed that in the creative process we always have to go through seven stages, no matter what we are creating. By making these stages visible, we have a model to look at and talk about and identify where we are stuck.
In our circle discussion, we did go into detail on ideas for beginning the transition out of that rut. It’s usually mental and emotional stuff where we get stuck, and we talked about various tools for moving our thoughts and our emotions away from the patterns we have set, and toward the patterns we prefer.
Since I use Norman’s model a lot, I wanted to post it here so we would all be able to find it again easily for reference.
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| Norman Seeff's Seven Stage Dynamic of the Creative Process |
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