Thursday, July 23, 2026
As I sat down to write this morning, I wasn’t “feeling it.” I wanted to explore the negation. The “not feeling it.”
The word inspired originally meant the impartation of truth or an idea by a supernatural being. It literally means to be filled with breath—specifically, the inhalation. By contrast, uninspired means lacking imagination or excitement.
But here is the weird thing about being uninspired: it is creative.
I could sentimentalize this lack of inspiration. I could write an entire book about it. To be able to notice, describe, and fully feel your own lack of enthusiasm requires a unique kind of enthusiasm.
Expression of negation—I am sick; I am poor; I am uninspired; I am empty—these are highly creative states of expression. They are always describable. You find yourself “filled” with a sense of lack, yet you are vibrantly alive in sensing it.
Sentience itself is the ultimate creative act. Just being able to perceive is enough.
There always seems to be a quiet background with a moving picture playing in the foreground. Even states of lack, being uninspired, and depression are animated states of being. The key is to sense the canvas upon which the picture lives. That canvas is not hollow; it is hallowed.
You move and have your being from this hallowed center. When you are truthful about your real feelings of lack, you become a projection of this reality. Negation is expressed through your direct perception. Lack is just another color painted onto a canvas.
Saying “I am not creative” is actually a cunningly hollow, clever sentiment painted on a hallowed surface. It takes creative play to pay homage to your own hollowness. Pay homage instead to the hallowed center.
Even when you are in a state of total negation, you are still the life form expressing it.
You are mostly canvas. And you are hardly ever not that.