## Creativity Mantras Personal principles for creative practice. --- ### M00 — Trust Small Efforts **I trust small consistent efforts to create my larger visions.** The compound effect of daily practice. Large visions emerge from accumulated small actions. --- ### M01 — Community Creates **I achieve creative expression through community and connection.** Creativity isn't solitary. Expression happens in relationship—with others, with audience, with tradition. --- ### M02 — Small Inspiration First **Operate from the small inspiration and let the big picture develop in its own guided time.** Don't wait for the grand vision to crystallize. Start with what's alive now. The larger pattern reveals itself through action. --- ### M03 — Aliveness Is Divine Work **I believe that what makes me feel alive in life is the divine work I'm meant to do.** Follow energy, not obligation. What enlivens you is pointing toward purpose. --- ### M04 — Manifest Your Philosophy **Your philosophy must serve others. You don't get to stop at theory—your beauty must be made manifest, your wisdom must feed people, your art must heal.** Ideas alone are insufficient. The work must enter the world and serve. --- ### M05 — Real Over Perfect **What I say isn't perfect but it's real, relevant and means something to me.** Authenticity over polish. Relevance over refinement. Personal meaning over external validation. --- ## Related - [[Creative Clarity|Creative Clarity]] - [[Creative Pioneering|Creative Pioneering]]