Wednesday, July 26, 2017

5 Ways Whales Inform & Inspire Creativity

"Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye."
~Dorothy Parker

Have you ever seen whales breaching? Stared into their eyes in person or in photos? Who isn’t filled with wonderment seeing them leaping and frolicking like giant ocean puppies? Like the whale, a wild mind and disciplined eye can be yours to create.

My first whale experience came the Summer of 2000 during a VisionQuest in Nova Scotia. After sleeping soundly in my new, L.L. Bean two-man, blue bubble tent, strange sounds gently awakened me. They were not close by. Curiously, I bumbled outside in the pre-sunrise hour to hear the sounds continuing...Oh, my! It was a whale breathing! Later that day, I joined other tourists for a whale watching boat adventure which did not disappoint.

The guide shared that worldwide, Native American peoples worshiped these gentle, intelligent creatures and treated them with great respect. Even Europeans were awe-inspired and considered them symbols of the world because the oceans are their home. Today, whale sightings are considered a good luck sign—and if one is found breached or dead on the shore, it conveys a sad and heavy message.

For your reflection or writing consider…
* Is now the time to dive deeply into your creative projects, writing, business, or perhaps personal relationships?

* What help do you seek to surge ahead and break through the nets of procrastination and overwhelm that hold you under?

* Are you experiencing trouble navigating the small storms or tsunamis of life?

* Do you seek more courage to sing your personal song? What would help?

You have only to look to the whales for answers. 
Symbolic of the free use of creativity, whales serve as global teachers to help your creativity skyrocket!  

Here are five ways that whales inform and inspire creativity:

Practice self-reflection.
Taking time to retreat and to “unplug to plug in” allows for an essential alone time. By doing this, you hear like whale sonar, your inner whispers, and intuitive voice. In time, you will also hear your “Whale’s Song”, the Divine music. Follow it. Trust the lyrics and the melody. Trust your huge and gentle creative genius.

Embrace confidence.
If you are swimming in polluted, contaminated waters, you can’t create. You must change the environmental waters of people, places, and things. Take one step each day to swim beyond these negative influences. Imagine yourself grabbing onto the whale’s tale as you travel to fresh, crystalline waters; now you can see more clearly to create.

Wake Up & Rise Up!
At times, you may feel like you are Jonah in the Bible story being swallowed up and then spit out. While you are in this seemingly dark, impossible place, the whale serves to teach and transform if you patiently allow. During this time, you must awaken and remember that there is more to what you experience in the outer. Then rise up! “Be in the world, but not of this world.” ~ John 15:19 and John 17:14-16.

Breathe to open consciousness & clarity.

Take a deep breath. Hold it. Travel like the whale beneath the waters of your consciousness into a new awareness. See different perspectives. Feel heightened intuition. When you surface again, you take a new breath as though it were your first. Life looks different. Your creative projects now look different, yet the same.

The whale never stays in the deep forever and comes up for air, often skyrocketing! You can also reclaim your inspiration and skyrocket. Remember to breathe.

Enjoy heart-listening.
When you become still to listen to your heart --the first drum in your life --this sacred, creative rhythm is like the “identifying sounds the whale uses to identify their pod in nature.” The whale enjoys strong family ties that are always protected. Through heart-listening, your family, friends, clients, and readers know they can trust your creative projects. Why? They emanate from a place of love.

As you start or continue a creative project this summer, remember to call Whale into your office or studio. Review the five ways that whales inform and inspire your creativity: Practice self-reflection; Embrace confidence; Wake up & Rise Up; Breathe to open consciousness & clarity and; Enjoy heart listening.

What is Whale teaching you? Remember, like the whale, a wild mind and disciplined eye can be yours to create!

Enjoy Whale Sounds, Stress Relief with Theta Isochronic Tones. Playing Theta wave music was one of the ways suggested in “5 Cool Ways to Recharge Your Creativity.

P.S. 

Copyright Lore Raymond, 2018. No portion of the blog post or information on this site may be reprinted, re-used or copied to another site without prior written permission from the author. 

17 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous post, Lore, filled with glorious whale energy. I will consider this a good omen, as your post is my second 'sighting' of the day and it's not even 10am. Earlier I stopped to watch a whole video of whales jumping out of the water and it was absolutely glorious and now this! It must be a lucky day!

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    1. How fun! Seems synchronicity is shared again with you my friend. This week's newsletter will include some whale videos--there's one that's going viral of a 40-ton whale breaching TOTALLY out of the water. Looks like an alien spaceship or torpedo. Appreciating you seeing this as good omen! Me, too.

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  2. Beautiful water creatures that nurture our deepest depths of our spiritual ocean. Thanks for tieing these two together! xoxo

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    1. You're welcome...it was great fun to research and write...an you've seen lots being from WA, right?

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  3. Recently, I've been doing a lot of breath work. The idea of the whale skyrocketing for its' new breath is a lovely image. Thanks.

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  4. Happy to hear, Andrea, that you found inspiration here.

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  5. I simply love this Lore! I could spend a long time looking at the picture of the eye - I got lost deep inside it

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    1. Thanks, Lottie. And yes, I agree...the eye is hypnotic and perfect for meditation...

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  6. I think whale song is some of the most beautiful music in the world. It reminds me that we all speak the same language ... love.

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    1. So true, Barb. It is hypnotizing...that's why I added a music link.

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  7. There is so much beauty and truth to your words here Lore. The energy of the whales bring out a level of pureness like no other...thank you for this gorgeous post! I love the sea and the whales...so this was a treat for me.
    xoxo, Z~

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    1. Ahhh, thank you, Zeenat, for your kind words. Happy it was a "treat" for you. Makes my heart sing..

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  8. I love the Dorothy Parker quote... wild mind, disciplined eye... perfect! Love the whale energy too, so thank you for the inspiration!

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    1. My pleasure, Sheila. Thanks for always showing up and offering kind praise. YOU are appreciated.

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  9. Wonderful post on reconnecting to your creativity and staying connected. I love these simple practices and the writing prompts that will create profound results.

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    1. How kind of you to say, Minette. This was such a fun post to write...makes me want to go whale watching again!

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