Creativity the Holy Grail???

Ever try to set up an interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu?

Not easy. I tried to set up an appointment via his secretary.

The Archbishop was overseas at the time of my call, and unfortunately his secretary could not inform me of the timing of his return. Apparently, you see, the Archbishop organises his schedule according to the direct prompting of the Holy Spirit.

My intention was to interview the Archbishop was for the purposes of a course for my MBA degree on ‘Creativity, Design and Strategy – an inquiry into the so-called ‘right brain’ functions of creativity, empathy and intuition.

Naturally, I became a little concerned about how the Holy Spirit’s timing and my Business school deadline might align. None-the-less, intrigued by circumstances, I decided to wait around for the next few months to see whether the Holy Spirit might direct the Archbishop towards me.

I did all that I possibly could to clear all obstacles from my own life (and diary) - uncertain as to what kind of notice the Holy Spirit might give to the Archbishop to contact me.

I breathed, I meditated, I reflected, I prayed. And bit by bit, I cleared the clutter of my self imposed complexities and allowed a simple timelessness to take over. A quiet flow of creativity breathed through me – and I started to create.

Perhaps the Archbishop and I never met.
But perhaps the Holy Spirit and I did.