Lila

If I were to ever get a tattoo it would be of the word, Lila. 

There is an old Sanskrit word, lila, which means play. Richer than our word, it means divine play, the play of creation, destruction, and re-creation, the folding and the unfolding of the cosmos. Lila, free and deep, is both the delight and enjoyment of this moment, and the play of God. It also means love. Lila may be the simplest thing there is- spontaneous, childish, disarming.

The above quote comes from the book Free Play by Stephen Nachmanovitch. It's a word I keep in mind for those times I feel stuck and I have now put it above my light switch as a daily reminder of how I wish to approach my life.

Free Play, subtitled "Improvisation in Life and Art", is one of my all time favorite books to revisit.  I originally had to read it for a college course while studying dance and sort of dreaded the whole thing.  I was living a creatively nearly every moment and wasn't open to it's true message:  that we get stuck.  That there are some parts of life that seem utterly devoid of the possibility of creativity.  A few years later, after leaving the dance program, I was much more available to absorb what the author was saying.  It's a book on creativity not just for "artistic types", but talks about unleashing creativity into our everyday routine.  Where we find inspiration and how to tap in to it.  It's a simple book, yet I learn something new each time I open it.  If you want a comprehensive book on creativity then GO BUY THIS NOW or maybe check your mailbox because I just shipped off a few copies to some unsuspecting souls.  :)