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Episode 449 – The art of creation

• I was at the De Young museum here in San Francisco last weekend
• They had a special exhibition by Paul Gauguin – a post impressionist French painter who is known for his colorful painting of Tahitian women and children
• It had been a while that I set foot into a museum, even though I love art
• Especially the impressionists – Monet, Pissaro, Cezanne
• Art inspires me
• Its beautiful to look at but it also does something to my brain
• I cant quite describe it
• It is relaxing, and it gives me room to think
• By looking into another world
  • A world expressed in color
• It somehow brings color into my world
• And that color inspires me to create
• I am not a painter
• But I also create
• I come home and often find myself writing for hours after looking at art
• Writing is my creation
• Everything I create starts with writing
  • My podcast
  • The videos I am working on
  • And the speeches I plan to give in front of thousands
• I create content
• I think about my message, my story, what I want to say
• And then I formulate it into words
• Writing is my art
• My creation
• Its how I want to make an impact the world
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• But didn’t always write
• I also didn’t used to look at art much unless I was with my good friend Koko from Germany
• He is a painter himself and we would visit art galleries all the time
• I always felt the inspiring power of art on my brain and in my heart
• But back then I didn’t know what to do with it
• I hadn’t yet discovered writing
• And I didn’t create anything
• I mostly consumed
• I consumed other people’s creations
  • Painting in museums
  • Photographs in galleries
• I admired art
• But I didn’t do anything with the impact this art had on me
• We all are inspired every single day
  • Now more so than ever
• We spend hours on our devices
  • Reading, surfing, watching, liking, tagging,
  • But then – doing nothing with all those hours of consumption

• The workout videos you watch on youtube?
  • Are you taking them to the gym with you and incorporate them into your routine?
• The beautiful sunrise pictures you admire on IG?
  • Are you going out at dawn trying to shoot something similar?
• The food blogs you follow and the recipes you save?
  • Are you testing them in your kitchen, refining them, perfecting them?
• What about your hardships? Your long journey? Your unique experiences?
  • What are you doing with your stories?

• We consume endlessly – but we don’t create
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• This consumption without creation reflects in other parts of our lives
  • Food is meant to give us energy so we can tackle the adventures that lie ahead of us
    • But we use food and drink to pass time, to soothe our worries, to fill us beyond what our body needs
  • Learning and information gathering has become easier than ever
    • For most of my podcast episode I do research online
    • I listen to other podcasts and gather information there
    • I read a book from time to time
  • But prior to my podcast, I didn’t do anything with the information I consumed every day
  • Its good to fill our brains
  • In the process we learn, we become wiser, and better at what we are doing
  • But if we don’t actively apply the information we consume, what is the use of all the reading and researching?

• How much time do you spend consuming and how much time do you spend creating?
• What do you consume daily and what do you do with all that consumption?
  • If you are interested in certain subjects
  • Cooking, gardening, dancing, photography, travel
  • Whatever it may be
• Don’t just read about
• Don’t just look at pretty pictures
• There is a reason THIS AREA peaks your interest
• There is something inside of you that wants to be expressed
• Are you listening?
• Or are you drowning it out?
• Filling up
• Shutting it out?
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• There is magic in creation
• When we create something – we express ourselves in unique ways
• This expression comes from deep inside of us
  • Our feelings, our experiences, our sense of this world
  • When we create, we bring out who we are
• My writing is an expression of me
  • My ideas, my past experiences and my view of the world comes alive when I write
• Bryants filming is an expression of him
  • He is filming me – but he brings his background to these videos and turns them into unique pieces of art
• My friend Leyder is from Cuba and sings
  • His music is an expression of who he is
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• Your creation is your art
  • Its your contribution to the world
• Just how Gauguin’s colors inspire me, so can your words, your music, your movements inspire others
• I know
• We think small
• We don’t think we have anything to offer to this world
• But we look at it the wrong way
• Even the greatest creators need inspiration
• We all need it
• We want to become better at what we are already doing
• And we always want to add new skills to our repertoire
• And we need others for that to learn how
• You are that person to someone
• You are the person someone out there needs
  • Your story may change their life
  • your journey through dieting and exercising may help someone else
  • your voice may help people connect
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• what is it that is calling on you to be expressed?
• Bring it out
• Stop wasting time consuming for hours content that you never recall
• Do something with the knoweldge you already have
• And then, as you create, go out and keep gathering more knoweldge
• Improve yourself as you create
• Become better
• But start now with what you have
• With what you know
• With what you already do
• Its enough
• Use it
• Create
• Bring yourself out into this world
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• Much love