Omnivorousness is the 'curse' of some creative people. At first glance, it seems appealing: a person gets excited by everything! Oh, the inspiring potential is everywhere!
He dives into an idea with gusto, only to ditch it when a new temptation calls. Take an entrepreneur who’s horrified to find himself torn between a pile of projects, unable to commit to one.
The worst form of this “curse”? The creator creates nothing. His energy scatters across a hundred ideas tickling his fancy. Like sirens, they lure sailors to their doom with enchanted songs.
To save himself, the creator must recall Odysseus. He told his crew where to sail, then plugged their ears with wax. Himself? He tied himself to the mast, safely studying the sirens’ ways.
Odysseus is your mind; the crew, your body. The captain chose the goal and stepped aside so the motor function could carry out the plan. Splitting these roles demands discipline from the creator.
But the bigger problem? Picking one path from a sea of alternatives.
Psychoanalyst Marie-Louise von Franz wrote: “To become someone in reality, he must give up being everything in potential.” The paradox? A creator breaks the curse only when he stops seeing himself as a flawless Creator.
Imperfection is a truly human trait. The point isn’t potential—it’s the effort to refine something. By shaping matter, a person transforms himself.
Your shabbiest product, in God’s eyes, beats nothing at all.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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