Glimmer

So.  There*s this vimeo by Ira Glass about the creative process.  It feels deeply true.  Not just for writers, or artists or the named/unnamed creative folk... you know, the ones who claim creativity as their life*s work.  No.  It seems true for all of us, working and practicing to get it more right, whatever it is.  Here it is:  

http://vimeo.com/24715531

I find it simple.  And brilliant.

Now

I sit with people

One by one

By one.

They sit with me

Too.

We teach each other

To listen,

Then listen some more.

Sometimes,

Really only sometimes,

A door or window

Cracks open

And we can ease it open

A little more,

Until we can see

What*s inside,

A glimmer

Of what*s inside.

Or a perhaps a glimmer

Of what*s outside.

Inside/Outside

It is often difficult, on the inside of any organization, to remember there is an outside as well.  Sometimes a change on the outside reflects a change on the inside.  Sometimes change goes from inside... out.  Still, on the inside, no matter the lighting, it is entirely possible to forget the outside... exists.

I sit inside under fluorescent light.

It is possible to forget

There is an outside

To this particular

Inside.

It is possible to forget

There is an upside

To this particular

Downside.

I hear the radio.

The cars pour by

On Roosevelt Road.

Glints in the cracks

Of the vertical blinds

 Remind me there is an outside

To this inside,

This place only certain people

Know

Exists.

Today the outside sign was changed

From

Financial Assistance Needed

To

Thank you for your contribution DMG

Today the outside changed

A little.

Today, here in the neon,

There are signs

The inside might perhaps

Be changing

As well.