What happens if...

I am sitting at my sewing machine (sewing doll outfits of course) and listening to a program on my tablet, when I hear these words... "What happens if...?"  This woman was talking about her creative approach towards her writing.  SPARK!  I know that process!  The "What Happens If..." process - it is what I use in my own approach to my creativity.

I am told I have a great imagination when, in reality, it is because of this "What Happens If..." process.  I am just TOO darn curious to see what happens if... (for those who wonder where Meen gets it *lol).

And apparently, What Happens If must have Curiosity to accompany it for the process to work.

"What happens if..."  I see a person with a funny expression? A glimmer starts rolling around in my brain and bounces like a ping pong ball which sparks a magical idea. ​

Then Curiosity rolls it around into the next...

​What happens if... I take that idea and with a lump of clay turn it into a doll?  And then Curiosity keeps that ball rolling until...  ​​

This What happens if has now becomes a character which my Curiosity has chosen to ride along with.  The two of them fuel the creative sparks that feed my work.

For if I don't have Curiosity along for the ride, the What happens If's might never happen and how sad that would be.  I love my Curiosity, as it has taken me many places (with maybe some I shouldn't have traveled), and how much bigger my world is for having gone there in the first place.​​

So, I put the What happen if's in my backpack.  I stuff my Curiosity into my travel bag and take off to travel the paths of creativity.  I bring along my compass (so I can stay true to my path), my map (so I can have a point of destination or goal), and my admission tickets (giving myself permission to play with my inner child) and head on out the door to those creative places - Let's Go!...