“…her words were always like ready-made clothes, and never fitted individual thoughts. Anybody might have used them, and with a change of proper names, they might have served to describe any subject.” – Elizabeth Gaskell
The quote above may seem a small annoyance to some, but it portrays one of my greatest sources of distress. The beauty of an imaginative soul is the power to visualize vitality even when reality is insipid and cold. I shun doing anything in a run-of-the-mill way. It is not only what I express, but how I express it that matters. Whenever I give expression to something, I am compelled to give it full flight.
Creativity is a kind of viewfinder you carry with you wherever you go. Your artistic leanings cannot help but shape your outlook. Although muted, art has its own language, principles and codes. Therefore, if someone clothes an idea or belief in conventional/prosaic language, it may collide with your heightened sensitivity. It causes you to resist certain phraseologies and truisms that create cognitive dissonance not only to your readers or viewers, but inside yourself as well. Therefore for the artist, there are not only differences of content to consider, but expressions /styles as well. This diversity requires heavy doses of humility and self-examination.
~ vincenzo ©
whirl.wind.rider 
July 6, 2013 at 2:34 pm
This sounds very familiar, as though you had written it in another blog post. Is that the case?
July 6, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Yes, Steeny, I sometimes feel the need to revamp an old post with new vitality… like saying, “this is the way I would like to have written the post in the first place.”
July 10, 2013 at 1:11 am
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July 30, 2013 at 8:57 pm
I’m glad that I discovered you blog. These exquisite little musing are so beautifully articulated and felt. I love what you have to say about art in the last paragraph.
July 31, 2013 at 8:33 am
Hi Deborah,
The most compelling part of writing for me is not only being able to release my emotions, but gain access to a deeper level core emotions as the springboard for my thoughts to take shape.