HOLD ONTO YOUR CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE

It’s here, we’re seeing it, we’re hearing it and this time next year it’s not only going to flood our feeds, it’s going to be used in ways we’re yet to learn about…you won’t be able to tell what’s real and what’s not. Who’s real & who’s not.

Scary - yeah a little,

Useful - absolutely in many ways,

But if you feel in any way disconnected now, you dive into AI, you’ll become even more disconnected, not just with other people, but more so with yourself.

We’ve seen so many express times of feeling disconnected, lost, unsure which directions to take (me included) We’ve seen more sickness, more anxiety, more depression, more loneliness as technology grows. We’ve seen seasons of people sharing all the quick tricks & life hacks and with AI here…those hacks just got quicker.

I’m not against AI completely - as always there are benefits. There can be so many useful ways in which it can support you….BUT if you turn to AI at every turn to figure shit out for you, all I see is a downward spiral into even more disconnection with yourself and a rise in what I mentioned - a decline in wellbeing.

WE NEED CREATIVITY….

YOU NEED YOUR OWN NATURAL CREATIVITY TO BE ACTIVE IN YOUR LIFE.

You think you’re saving time, saving mental struggle, being more productive, trying to beat time…and in some ways - sure, but in the long game - no.

In the end you’ll be fighting to get back to your centre, back to a healthier wellbeing, back to trying to know who you really are at your core.

AI gives you little to no friction.

We need friction in our life.

We need friction to grow, to evolve, to challenge our mind, our ability.

You take out friction, you’re slowing down your growth as a human being.

When you create…whatever that is for you.

Creating a business, creating through the arts (ideas, research, the doing) cooking, building, writing, numbers, accounts, YOUR LIFE…you name it…I could go on.

When you use your own natural creativity, your body responds to that.

When friction meets your creativity…you come up against a struggle, a challenge, things aren’t working out so you’re moved into solution focus, you’re made to sit with patience, more time passes than you’d like, sometimes you’re pushed up against the wall - wondering if you’ll ever figure it out…..

BUT YOU DO….YOU ALWAYS DO.

And when you do, the sense of satisfaction sweeps over you, you’re proud of yourself and your ability, you’ve gained more clarity because you let yourself ride the wave of life, because you trusted in yourself and what you were naturally born to do…you let yourself be stretched, which brings new learnings & growth and more confidence in yourself.

And your body responds…with goose bumps, waves of excitement, waves of satisfaction, inhales, exhales, a range of expressions. A body that responds in the exact way it should respond during times of growth. And exactly what you need for your wellbeing.

You use AI in ways that you’re capable of doing, you take all that away from your amazing body. You think it won’t harm you…just this once, twice, it’s only a little bit…like the phones, it will soon take over and will be hard to quit…yet another technology drug.

Creativity is just one of the five access points we naturally have available to us to support us in our growth in life - we take that away, even just one, we take away a big part of who we were born to be (and yes even every single one of you who are speaking the words ‘I’m not creative’ - haha spend a day with me, I’ll find your creativity, it’s in all of us)

So with that, I played with AI today…I jumped on a trend that’s going around.

Here’s the thing…it was so quick and it made me laugh. Not a hair out to place or a wrinkle on my face.

And I couldn’t get more polished even if I tried.

Was it a quick little fun - sure.

Did it do any harm - not really.

But here’s what I didn’t get…

If this was a real photoshoot,

I would have spent time with my imagination, deciding what to wear and how I’d like to be photographed.

My own creativity would come through in my imagination (anyone for that matter)

There would be nerves prior and during the shoot, because being photographed can feel like someone's in your personal space - holding up a mirror where you’re unable to see your reflection and having to trust in another.

There would have been time between preparing and the photoshoot that would have allowed me to process, to process how I was feeling, get more into my body and move through those feelings as well as a chance to learn more about myself through it all.

Having to sit with patience before seeing the outcome - no instant gratification.

AI could and will never be able to give you that experience.

And it’s not just in photoshoots…

It’s allowing words, your words to flow out of you, for you to speak in your own manner, tone (yes I know you can teach AI) and your truth.

You think AI will speak truth…your truth? Your core truth?

It will speak how you train it.

It will tell you what you want to hear,

Gosh it will even inspire you and make you feel like what it comes up with is brilliant,

But it won’t give you the chance to weave through the maze of your life to really land on what is for you.

Only real life will do that.

Haha and I won't even start talking about integrity...

Don’t let the instant gratification of AI get hold of you…use it to your discernment.

Let your wisdom, your creative intelligence guide you…and your future self will thank you for it.

Don’t lose yourself to even more technology hacks.