Energy

Creative energy and the experience of being alive.  Brian Setzer Orchestra, "Jump, Jive, and Wail" live.

"People say what we're seeking is the meaning of life.  I don't think that's what we're really seeking.  I think what we're seeking is the experience of being alive."

-Joseph Cambell

We're all attracted to energy.  That's what it comes down to.  There is an energy in excitement, in creation, in pure, unadulterated glee.  In play.  In fun.  As human beings, we have had the most miraculous bit of magic bestowed upon us.  We have been given the ability to imagine something, to literally gather the energy of the universe together into a thought, a dream.  We can create an idea, or perhaps tap into an idea that's floating through the ether, and we can mold that vaporous, intangible thought into an idea.

Not only that, but we've been given permission by the universe itself to reach into our imagination and gently grasp that idea, and give it life in the physical world.  We, as human beings, are literally made of the energy of the universe itself, mixed with the dust of stars, atoms that have traveled for eons.  When we create something, anything, there is an energy in the process, an excitement.  Creativity.  That energy, that excitement and joy in the creative process draws other people who accept their desire to create.  These people cluster and group together, feeding off of and enhancing each other's energy.

This is why a handful of places are thriving today, and most of the country is stagnant.  We've come to a point in time where our economy, our physical wealth, is built upon our creative wealth.  The steel and concrete of our 350 year industrial age is literally crumbling.  The creative spark, dormant for so long in most of humanity, is flickering back to life.  A new generation of human beings is emerging.  They are not focused on the accumulation of material objects, they are focused on experience... the experience of being alive. 

-Steve Emig

There are at least 20 million Americans who can't find a good paying job right now.  Personally, I'm creating my own job.  Check out the process at my new main blog, Create Your Own Dang Job.