What is this spark? Is it energy, and if so what kind of energy? How is it "divine"? This energy, is it like a pot of water that is boiling in anger and hatred and jealousies and cannot blow its top, so becomes creative as a way to change the negativity into positivity? Is creativity an illness? Were Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein sick individuals and that is how they were able to come up with their creative genius that became a catalyst to change the world? Do we call all of our spiritual leaders crazy people because they preach of a G-d that they can imagine and they teach us how to imagine a G-d too. Do students take art classes because they cannot understand mathematics? Is creativity a result of increased brain activity that is injurious to the brain? Are all artists alcoholics, drug addicts, or crazy?
This cruel stigma against creative people serves to fuel us even more. The spark of creativity we feel is not a spark of ignited hatred against enemies, and we as artists do not imagine that we have enemies when we do not, just to ignite the spark. The spark of creativity is like the spark of a cigarette lighter. It has fuel, real gasoline, that by will is ignited when you want to ignite it, at your command you use your energy to flick the flint and a fire ignites and you control how long the fire will burn. You take your finger and turn off the flame after you see it and enjoy it. The flame is ignited for a reason. You ignite the flame when you want to see fire, like on a Shabbat or a Havdalah if you are a member of the Jewish religion. The flame has a reason to spark and it is all in your control, to see it and not to have it burn out of your control. You as the artist are skilled enough to harness this flame and use it as an expression in the field of the Humanities for the purpose of helping others.
This flame of creativity can be a light to you in your darkest days. It can be an addition to your happiness in your days of great light and brightness. The flame can burn as long as you want it to burn, and as intense as you want it to burn. This flame, like the flame that ignited the imagination of Albert Einstein, could cause healing and a changing of the world into a better place. Brainstorming to get an idea to help someone, instead of taking a backseat and saying instead that you cannot help, is this skill that is ignited by the divine creative spark.
A muse, does not have to be a person, a human, a mortal, instead G-d the Almighty can light your flame. The brightness of your flame can be as bright as a burning bush on Mount Sinai. What indeed was this "burning bush"? It was G-d. What is G-d? G-d is someone who you imagine, He is a figment of our imagination, we can imagine Him and therefore He exists. He is this spark of divinity, this flame of creativity. He is our greatest muse to encourage us to create as He did when He created the sun and the moon, the good and the bad.
This spark of creativity can be lighted by love and the greatest spark will come from your love of G-d.
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