I wish my school had taught more on the creative process and how it wasn't only linear. I had to recognize that my creative process is not something I sit down and force. Otherwise I'll be staring at a blank page for hours and that is not healthy for anyone, meaning me or the people around me, because it will drive me crazy and my attitude will not be a pleasant one. And I'll give you an example.

At the beginning of the year I started working on a methodology, philosophy, framework that I call Clarity Architecture or in Spanish, Architectura de Claridad. Doesn't it sound so much better in Spanish? For months I was defining words, steps, maps, diagrams. My mind was engaged, active, churning out ideas and concepts left and right, making it difficult to even keep up and then quiet.

And I would think about clarity architecture and my mind literally felt like it had a sign saying it was closed for business. The idea of pursuing clarity architecture hadn't died or left, but I wonder if my inspiration had or as they say if the muse had left. I kept going about my life and then things got interesting at work, a project that was an ideal example of why the principles of Clarity Architecture are needed showed up. A shit show had us working over time.

All I could think about was all the things I needed to fix in the process with my team. Then there I was on a Saturday complaining to chat GPT and making it a list of all the things that needed to improve and then I went to sleep. The next morning I didn't just wake up. No.

My eyes sprung up, grabbed my notebook and all the ideas synthesized for clarity architecture. The missing pieces arrived. It all made sense now. My chaotic work experience became food for my creative process.

Have you explored your creative process?

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