Inability to Control Creativity

The random act of creative inspiration is beautiful. I welcome it whenever it graces its presence. The only problem is that I can't control when it shows up or when it goes away. Today as I was sitting in class I couldn't help it, my professor and fellow classmates would simply have to be ignored. I entered my own world, it wasn't that class isn't interesting enough or that I wanted to be alone. The only reason for my isolation was that the unstoppable force of my creative mind took the reigns. I could do nothing but enjoy the ride and accept the fact that my classes would fall between the cracks on this particular day. It was of no worry though, the material had little importance in the grand scheme of things on this day.

A dreary and rainy day. In fact now that I think about it, my creative mind likes to come out and play quite a bit on rainy days. I was inspired by a few things, one being the rain, the second being that there is a poetry contest on campus today, the third being that many people I know seem to be writing poems lately, and finally the forth being that I have neglected to write poetry for some time now. As you may have guessed, I wrote a poem. It does happen to be about the rain but it remains unfinished, four drafts deep now. I will complete it later, but when is a poem ever really complete anyway. We simply find a good place to end the flow of masterfully combined phrases, words, and grammar.

Don't ignore creative inspirations, they come for a reason. For me, a shining light in a dreadful day. For you, maybe the same, but who really knows. Allow yourself to be carried away, it's more than okay. It is our creative minds that make this world livable.

May inspiration come your way,
J.F.Q.

Highs and Lows

I try to avoid cliches because as the definition implies, they are frequently used by a large population. Using them reduces the ability to be unique. However, life is full of cliches hence why they are frequently used and thus classified as cliches. There are certain times in life when a cliche will better describe something than any other words can. This happens to be one of those times.

Life is like a roller coaster, something we have all heard before. It has its ups and downs along with its highs and lows. We don't give it much thought until we experience the extremities of the analogy. The transition from an extraordinarily good day to a long, arduous day being a perfect example. This is something I have experienced over the course of the last two days. I do not mean to walk you through the mundane tasks of my daily life from hour to hour like many other people may do. Although, I feel it to be necessary to at least point out the noteworthy points of my life over the course of the previous 48 hours.

As you may know, I was working on a group project of which I had low expectations for. We presented our work on Monday morning and it went even better than we had planned for, I was a mixture of surprised, relieved, and thrilled. This set the tone for the remainder of my day which included a satisfying visit to the gym followed by a very relaxing shower and a nice, although accidental, two hour nap. When I woke up from my slumber, I ate dinner with some of my good friends and we continued on to an event on campus called Coffee House. This featured our friend Joe Sanchez playing his guitar and some beautiful poems in between songs. I enjoyed the opportunity to simply sit and relax with some coffee and to allow myself to become mesmerized by the arts for what was roughly an hour and a half.

It was at this point in time that the roller coaster of my life approached a peak. I headed back to my room so that I could work on my homework in hopes that I would go to sleep at a descent hour, a feat that rarely occurs for me. I got distracted and I spent time with my friends and one thing led to another until it was nearly 3AM. I love the time I get to spend with them but unfortunately sometimes having fun and enjoying the company of others has the opportunity cost of sleep. Finally I completed my work at about 4:15AM. I didn't get nearly enough sleep for the day ahead of me, which included classes starting at 9:50AM and continuing on until 6:10PM. It was far from a bad day but it certainly did not have all of the positive energy from the previous one. A small bump in the roller coaster that is my life.

May your life have more ups than downs,
J.F.Q.