Recently, I was watching the first episode of the series Strictly Come Dancing and while one of the contestants, Tom Fletcher, from band McFly, was introduced they showed his wife, Giovanna Fletcher, in the audience. Nothing special about that, but for me two worlds collided.
Giovanna Fletcher presents a Cbeebies (BBC children’s channel) program The Baby Club, which I am very familiar with, having a toddler in my life. McFly is a band I associate with the music of my youth. As a result I put Tom Fletcher in the Pop music box in my head and Giovanna Fletcher in the Cbeebies box in my head.
This was a wake up call for me, that reminded me that in truth there are no boxes in life, everything is interconnected with everything else. This provides an opportunity to remove the barriers that get in the way of creativity.
Nature is more abundant at the edge of one natural space to another, where the jungle meets an open plain, where a river meets the sea, the number of variety of life goes up. When we cross-pollinate areas in our mind our creative output will be more like a rainforest, life abundant.