Art isn’t hard, it’s easy

There’s this narrative that you have to suffer for your art, that if it isn’t hard it isn’t real, or something. One of these myths perpetuated by a system that doesn’t value creativity and creation for its own sake, so it constructs the story that if you pursue this impulse, you won’t make it, life will be impossible, you have to have a “real job,” unless you’re the one in a million who makes it and gets famous.

That’s some bullshit.

It’s a product of a production and productivity culture, one that measures our worth by the tangible objects we make and consume. What we’ve been separated from is the legacy of creativity as channeling. Art as animation of the subtle realms, amplification of the voices that aren’t very loud, reflection of the unseen unheard children who are dying to get our attention.

Art isn’t hard, it’s easy, you don’t even have to do anything, it’s just receiving. Get the “I” out of the way and start channeling, clear yourself and open to the dead who are always speaking. It’s not creation so much as conjuring. This is what we’ve lost. The ownership and individuation cultures want to tell us that we make the stuff, it’s ours, but none of this belongs to us, we’re just borrowing. We’re just the vessels, the channels for transmission, receiving higher truths and bringing them to Earth.

Art isn’t hard, it’s easy, fun and breezy, just sit back like Liz and let Big Magic happen to you.

Capture lightning in a bottle, the lightning rod, the conduit and channel, mouthpiece for the gods and messenger between the realms. Be the conductor of the train that runs from Earth to Heaven and then back again; Ollytaytambo isn’t a place, it’s a state of being: your body and mind are the waystation, the place through which ideas and inspiration, knowledge and experiences and sensations and memories, are passing.

I had a dream about the waystation, being back with Joe in an in-between place again, where I saw his laid-back life and sloth energy and was jealous until I realized that there was no jealousy with morphic resonance, because whatever he was experiencing was available to me, there for the taking in the morphic fields that bind us.

Archetypes are images of morphic resonance, snapshots of existence, pictures of moments we’ve all experienced; collections of happenings, just like a beer, cup of cacao, or a meal, like a plant or animal or our beings: unique combinations of information and experience conjured into existence for a moment, through these vessels and containers that we call cups or bowls or bodies, before dissolving in acid again, composting and fermenting, changing into something different.

AI Summary (after having to correct the AI again to change the pronouns to they/them):

• Art as a Channel for Spiritual Expression

  - Holly Regan emphasizes that art doesn't have to be hard; it can be easy if one gets out of the way and allows oneself to be a channel for spiritual expression. - They describe the process of opening up, clearing the mind, and listening to the spirit, likening it to being a hollow bone through which the word flows. - Holly mentions breaking free from the tyranny of language and entering the realm of creative flow, comparing it to the amniotic fluid and the womb space. - They talk about the importance of paying attention and being open to receiving inspiration, likening it to a flash of inspiration or a lightning strike.

• Transforming Pain into Beauty

  - Holly discusses the idea of transforming pain into beauty, likening it to alchemy and the work of queer and trans artists who turn pain into inspiration. - They highlight the importance of making people feel connected and alive through art, transforming pain into something that makes them want to stay alive a little longer. - Holly emphasizes that art is easy and that all one needs to do is channel and listen to the dead who are always speaking. - They talk about the importance of inspiration coming without effort, likening it to a flash of inspiration or a lightning strike.

• Queer Alchemy and Healing

  - Holly introduces the concept of queer alchemy, turning pain into healing, and transforming pain into a beautiful creation. - They describe the trauma as the raw material for healing and the wound as the power that drives creative inspiration. - Holly emphasizes that art is easy and that love is free, and that everyone is worthy of creating and being an artist. - They talk about the importance of community and the safety it provides for artists to create and be themselves.

Call to the Weirdos and Queer Ones

- Holly calls upon the weirdos, queer ones, and those who didn't fit in, likening them to the greatest shaman and showman. - They emphasize the importance of healing through art and transforming pain into joy and inspiration. - Holly calls upon various queer and trans artists, including those whose names were not remembered, and urges them to transform pain into healing and creation. - They talk about subverting structures with a playful approach and using them against the system in a positive way.

• The Role of Hermes and Creative Lightning

  - Holly discusses the role of Hermes, the divine trickster and holy hermaphrodite, in transforming pain into gold and making gold out of societal pain. - They emphasize that art can save us and that music unites people in transformation and movement. - Holly talks about the importance of community and the safe word of community, which is the feeling of safety and belonging. - They highlight that art is easy and that it transforms pain into beauty, using the analogy of a fountain flowing into a container.

• The Way Station and Interconnected Stories

  - Holly describes the play as a way station, showing glimpses behind the curtain of the universe of plays that are already writing themselves. - They emphasize that the same characters will be followed throughout all their works, like Steven Day Dallas or James Joyce. - Holly talks about the importance of receiving and transcribing the interconnected stories and characters that are already writing themselves. - They describe the process of being a conduit for creative inspiration and likening it to being a lightning rod for receiving inspiration.

• The Role of the Messenger and the Receiver

  - Holly describes themself as a messenger and a mouthpiece, a scribe for spirit, and a hollow bone through which the word flows. - They emphasize that art isn't hard and that it's easy to receive and channel creative inspiration. - Holly talks about the importance of being open to receiving and the role of the messenger in transmitting messages between the humans and the gods. - They describe the process of being a conduit for creative inspiration and likening it to being a lightning rod for receiving inspiration.

• The Role of the Queer Messenger

  - Holly describes themself as the queer messenger, the scapegoat that heaps sins and shame upon because they are the most threatening. - They emphasize that the queer messenger is the most threatening because they make people question their biology and the fixed nature of identity. - Holly talks about the importance of being free range and not being contained in single-serving lives. - They describe the role of art in awakening people and the importance of using various methods to connect with the subtle realms.

• The Importance of Community and Connection

  - Holly emphasizes the importance of community and the feeling of safety it provides for artists to create and be themselves. - They talk about the role of art in transforming pain into beauty and the importance of community in providing a sense of belonging. - Holly describes the process of being a conduit for creative inspiration and likening it to being a lightning rod for receiving inspiration. - They highlight the importance of using various methods to connect with the subtle realms and amplify the voices of the unheard.

• The Role of the Queer Shaman and the Greatest Showman

  - Holly describes themself as the queer shaman and the greatest showman, likening their role to that of a shaman who heals through art. - They emphasize the importance of healing through art and transforming pain into joy and inspiration. - Holly talks about the role of the queer shaman in using art to heal and the importance of community in providing a sense of belonging. - They describe the process of being a conduit for creative inspiration and likening it to being a lightning rod for receiving inspiration.