Creative spirits......

I recently

came across some interesting

reads about

the origins 

and original beliefs

about the word

"Genius"

When I hear that word

I think..

O.K....

someone with an exceptional ability...

 in the top one percent of

the incredibly smart people in this world...

Right?

Well instead

lets apply the word 

to 

the process of creativity....

Genius

is what Romans called

the sort of guardian angel, spirit, or God

that stayed with you ,

 lived in your walls,

your home

and helped

to get you to your potential...

Greeks called it

your Daemon...

of course which we have changed to Demon...

so not all Demons are bad huh?!

Now see where the title

"creative Genius"

comes from?

 I  do agree that

maybe it is smarter to not view the individual

as a "creative genius"

but that we as individuals

have a spirit or a thought process

 to guide us to our creative potential.

History lesson aside...

What do you think your

Genius would look like?

 (made this back in March at Art and Soul)
she immediately came to mind!

Maybe a little shrine to

 creativity
 is in order for my tiny studio space?

and
if my dad isn't a true Genius
I don't know who is!

 Happy Father's Day!