CSL and SARK Talk Creativity
CSL: Your tagline says “Succulent Wild Woman”. What does that mean to you and how can women (and men?) find their own succulent wild person within?
Many years ago in San Francisco, I found these words etched into the cement on the sidewalk; Succulence is Powerful. I immediately resonated strongly with those words and shouted; “Yes! And I am a Succulent Wild Woman!” and went home and started a book with that title. A succulent is a plant that is self-nourishing, self-sustaining. It feeds itself water from the inside.
I believe and know that we can be like this too. Right after Succulent Wild Woman came out, I saw that so many men wanted to be involved. So I wrote The Bodacious Book of Succulence, which honored all the Succulent Wild Men that I knew, including my cat Jupiter! Being Succulent & Wild became a phenomenon all over the world, with people forming groups and connecting with each other. I continue to live, explore and create with magnificent succulence, as do countless others.
We all want rich, rare, eccentric, unusual lives, filled with adventure and juiciness. Succulent Wild people feel that every day. To find your own succulence, become aware that you are already succulent, just being human. Then consider reading one of my books or engage in one of my eprograms and “tune your dial” to the succulent channel. As you magnify and expand your experiences of succulence, you will notice yourself changing and growing from the inside out. You can then share that succulence with the world.
CSL: How do you feel creativity is related to mind and body wellness?
We are intrinsically creative and must express that in order to live an abundantly healthy life. Those creative expressions can take endless forms. Raising children is one of the most creative acts we can engage in. Changing your perspective to think of yourself as a creative person, and behaving that way, is tremendously valuable for nourishing your mind and body.
Every challenge there is, is solved by creative solutions. Every joy is expanded by our creativity. There is no end to our creativity!
CSL: Can you give our readers a few strategies they can use to awaken their creative spirit on a daily basis?
Commit to your creative spirit by experiencing creative things- tiny or large
Realize that you ARE creative already- you are born as a creative soul
Engage in practices that fill your soul- then share the overflow with the world
Avoid energies that drain you or drag you down- learn from them and then move on
Try new things all the time- be filled and fulfilled by what you experience
Invest in creativity- read, study, discuss creative things with creative thinking people
Vividness is a “creativity accelerator”- Find some
Energetically shift to a an active creative daily life-you are meant to live this way
CSL: For our readers who may not be familiar with your writing, what is your mission as an author and artist?
When I was ten years old, I declared that I wanted to be “a beacon of hope” for the world. I would now add this: To transparently share my life and gifts so that myself and others can be delighted, illuminated, refreshed and filled. May we all then share our creative abundance with the world.
CSL: Do you have any exciting new projects that you can share with us?
Yes! I am excited by so many upcoming projects. I am simultaneously creating 5 books, utilizing my micromovement method; 2 nonfiction, 2 children’s books and a memoir. One of the nonfiction books will be published in fall 2010 by New World Library. The working title is Glad for the Grief; Transforming Grief and Loss into Gift and Opportunity.
I’m also creating and developing more marvelous new eprograms, in addition to the 4 we’ve recently launched, which will be available at http://www.planetsark.com
- Posted by Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy on October 9, 2009 at 8:40 am
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Sark! You are the best! Love your mission and so glad you are a writer on this blog. I am off to check out your classes.
I followed you here from your FB fan page. Thank you for introducing me to this great blog! Succulent Wild Woman helped to change my life so I’m looking forward to more blog posts and all your new books.
As an avid reader of SARK’s work and a participant in the e-programs offered at planetsark, I strongly urge anyone unfamiliar to take a peak, dip a toe in, have a look-see and get ready to be wow-ed by Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy. She’s been an inspiration to me and her work has provided a terrific catalyst for change in my personal and professional life.
I love SARK’s web site, it so invigorating, full of color and life. The written words of inspiration, the emessages SARK delivers with her own voice, her cozy cottage you can visit, all make me feel positively comfy, cozy and joyous. Thanks for being an exceptional being on our planet SARK, you remind us all to live in the moment and embrace the light.
SARK! Succulent Wild Woman changed my life when I read it for the firs time in my early twenties! I was so empowered by you to make choices that made me feel good and excited, while also getting out of a bad relationship! That book has been on my shelf through many moves and life changes, I always think of you as a dear old friend. I love that you are writing on the this amazing site!
I am writing your definition for creative on my bedroom wall. It is my visulization board.. yep the wall.. the whole thing. haha.. I just bought a new house and I am trying to figure out how to move that wall.. cut it out or photograph it.. it moves me. I absolutely love your succulent wild woman idea.. are you ever right. You are a beacon of hope.. I cannot wait to buy your books.. all of them. Go woman. Love you Callie
Can’t wait for the new book on grief. It could not come at a better time. Thanks!
Susan,
I lost my husband May of 08 to a heart attack 7 months after we were married. I wanted to go be with him in the worst way. 4 months after he passed I was reading your wild woman book, and I decided to take myself out on a date like you recommended. I walked into a restaurant that Mark and I used to go to and sitting at the table where Mark proposed to me was Jeff. I sat at the table in front of him. Later when I heard him talking to the waitress about an appetizer I turned around smiled and told him the french fries are really good. Then I said “You know, you are sitting in my seat?” He offered me a chair next to him. We have been together ever since, and were married Oct.3rd.
I wanted you to know that your writing has had such an impact on my life as to help me find my soul mate. You are my inspiration.
I started the “Wild Succulent Woman Social Club”in Jan. of this year on Meetup and it is still going strong. I have met the most fabulous women. If they haven’t read your books when they join they read them after they hear about you.
You change lives Susan, don’t ever forget that!!!!
I love your work, and I think you are amazing. I also love the hula hoop; I have recently rediscovered the joy that play can bring. I too want to inspire and change lives, so thank you for showing me that it is possible.
Beloved Susan, you know you changed my life, and you continue to inspire me! That story Melissa just posted brought tears to my eyes. What a gift.
I’m writing this while being out to lunch with myself at the Kigali Serena Hotel in Rwanda. You know I met Immaculée Ilibagiza the weekend when I came to see you at Celebrate your Life in 2005–and that completely changed my life! Two weeks after meeting her, I was on that plane to Rwanda to see her there, and 7 months after that, my hubby and I returned to adopt our two children!
You are a beacon of hope indeed, and I love you!