creativity. Each of us favors one or two ways particularly
toxic to us because they block us so effectively.
For some people, food is a creativity issue. Eating sugar
or fats or certain carbohydrates may leave them feeling
dulled, hung over, unable to focus—blurry. They use food
to block energy and change. As the shaky feeling comes
over them that they are going too fast and God knows
where, that they are about to fly apart, these people reach
for food. A big bowl of ice cream, an evening of junk food,
and their system clogs: What was I thinking? What ... ? Oh,
never mind....
Saying no can be the ultimate self-care.
CLAUDIA BLACKFor some people alcohol is the favored block. For others,
drugs. For many, work is the block of choice. Busy, busy,
busy, they grab for tasks to numb themselves with. They
can’t take a half hour’s walk. “What a waste of time!” Must-
dos and multiple projects are drawn to them like flies to a
soda can in the sun. They go, “Buzz, buzz, buzz, swat!” as
they brush aside the stray thought that was the breakthrough
insight.
For others, an obsession with painful love places creative
choice outside their hands. Reaching for the painful thought,
they become instant victims rather than feel their own