Five Components

Components of the Creative Process

The five creative components of the creative process in developing your Art of Focus are intention, clarity, personality-behavior, attentional strategy, and timeline.

INTENTION
When a person attempts to bring about change in his or her life, there already exists a reason in mind for doing so. This is called the “intention,” but an individual may not know exactly or only vaguely know what he or she has in mind. In addition, the individual may not have an understanding of the implications of the intent and how it will naturally direct his or her actions. The idea that an individual may naturally behave in accordance with his or her true intent (or even misdirected intent) without an awareness of true intent is a frequent issue that comes up for individuals in therapy, or in simple every day behavior. When an individual is not aware of true intent, it can result in profound difficulties for the individual. This often occurs with individuals who are not in need of therapy as well. A posterboard statement that highlights this all too common delima is the question that individuals ask when confronted with very stressful situations is: "how did I get here?"

CLARITY
Once an individual has conceptualized what he or she truly wants, then another level of awareness needs to occur in developing ones personal Art of Focus: "clarity. " At this point, there are a myriad of questions that should be considered. For example, is the individual clear on the desire for this change or the manifestation that will occur as a result in his or life? What does the individual expect the change to do? What will the change replace or enhance?

LINK BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR
The next level of awareness in developing the Art of Focus is to understand more about personality and its influences that tend to prompt an individual toward certain behaviors. Specifically, what are the individual's tendencies that work for or against the individual? How does the individual plan to balance the two?

ATTENTIONAL STRATEGY
The next level of development in the Art of Focus is the “attentional strategy.” Just exactly how does an individual pay attention to the world? What efforts does the individual take to become more absorbed in accomplishing the desired goal?

TIMELINE
Lastly, the next level of creative development of the Art of Focus involves an individual's “timeline.” Does the individual include in the desired change a concept of the divine or a sense of “something greater?” Does the criteria for selecting the desired change include predominance upon the “survival sense” or the“spiritual sense?” Either choice may be appropriate for the individual, but the timeline will directly effect how an individuals places priority on implementing change and selecting the right choices for the individual from the many choices that may appear to be available.