How To Create
And share your creations with the world
There are three lenses through which I look at creativity. And by creativity I mean the ability to birth ideas into the world. Doesn’t matter if you’re an artist, a writer, a cook, a gardener or an entrepreneur. If you make stuff - this one is for you. And I have something v cool for you at the bottom of this post that I realise I might not have told you about before!
The Nature of Creativity
The nature of life, universe, source, whatever you want to call it is innately creative. Somethings come from nothings all the time - just look out of the window right now and see the blossom on the trees, the little buds unfurling into leaves. That thing, that nameless thing, that invisible energy does not have fingers and toes. And yet it want to see books and paintings and vases and projects and meals but it has no hands or fingers. Enter humans. We are the vessels for this creative power to pass through us, out through our fingertips and into the world. It is ours from the moment of birth, no one is exempt (if you don’t have fingers, it will find another way) and it is unstoppable, unless we stop it. We are all the same. More on that in another post.
The Feminine
We are all the same, but hang on, half of us are different. I am a woman. My natural way of creating is different from a man’s, and therefore differs from the cultural expectations I am surrounded by. I do not function in a linear way, where productivity, output, speed and consistency are the norm. I am cyclical, I have ebbs and flows. My creativity is influenced by the moon and the seasons of the year and the seasons of my life. It is softer, more animal in nature, my creations are for me, but also to serve you.
Human Design
We are all the same, half of us are different but hang on, we are all unique. I am a 1/3 Manifesting Generator. Understanding this has been key to understanding my creative nature. I am here to build and make the things of the world. My MG nature means I find the shortcuts, am multi-passionate and I do best when I wait to respond, rather than initiate projects. I need to spend the majority of my day doing what lights me up, be present with that and it is enough. I am here to gain mastery of main topics, not just one and my tendency to skip steps means I’ll do things like publish a book with Hay House, then go back to take writing classes afterwards. My creative life purpose can be fulfilled all on my own, I do not need others for that and I am at my most creative when I take myself to a cafe to dream up my creations. My lifelong challenge is to learn how to occupy my body as well as my mind, my creative output will reach a fraction of its potential without that. This is MY design. Yours will be different. We are all made of light (our creative nature - see point 1). The Human Design chart is like a piece of paper with pinpricks in it. How that light shines through the pinpricks is YOUR own beautiful pattern.
When I have conversations with people who are trying to create things in the world, I will always ask them if they know their Human Design, and if not, go look that up first. It makes no sense to talk to you about becoming more visible or sharing your creations with the world if I don’t know if you have a line 2 or line 4. If you’re a Projector or a Manifestor. If you are Valley or Caves. My advice would be completely different for each of these.
Which is why I created The Creatrix Code.
It’s a personalised report written for you, in plain language - no jargon - that tells you:
How you are designed to create - consistently or in a flurry of activity (so you can stop giving yourself a hard time for being ‘lazy’, ‘stuck’, ‘an ‘over-worker’ or a ‘procrastinator’
How your energy naturally works - do you have bags of it or are you a type that needs more rest? (In my experience, most people don’t know this think they are doing something wrong).
How to make decisions - do you create this or that? Now you’ll know how to decide.
How your creative energies are best used - mine are best used to research and experiment. Yours might be to build communities or create solutions for the collective - be good to know, right?
The most effective way to share your creations with the world. When someone asks you for them? Networking? Social media? Get this one wrong and, if I may be frank, you’re wasting time, energy and effort.
The creative gifts you were born with - we’ll look at your defined centres in the human design chart; perhaps you’re gifted with uncanny intuition, perhaps you receive divine downloads more easily than most - here’s what to lean into
The areas you’re likely to be experiencing conditioning that is impeding your creative flow - are you having a problem being seen/ stopping to rest/knowing which ideas are yours to act upon? Your open centres will show you how you’re getting in your own way.
What you came here to shine out into the world, what you need in place to be able to do that and the message you have to share - whether that’s through your art, your writing, your business or your relationships. In fact all of the above.
And the best environment for you that will allow your creativity to flow
Sound like some things you’d like to know about yourself?
Get your Creatrix Code here: https://www.nicolabird.net/creatrix
Let’s get that creative energy flowing.
Nic x