I was listening to a really old Druidcast podcast on my journey home from work today. It contained an interview with Phillip Carr-Gomm in which he discussed the Bardic grade of Druidry; in particular what creativity can mean and how Awen can flow in people.
Until today I had always thought that being creative or indeed to be a bard you had to be a poet, a singer, a musician, an artist, or at least have a talent that is can be seen or heard. I possess none of these skills. I'm one of those people that when the talking stick is passed around at a ritual I'm frozen with fear. Not because I'm scared (although I am a little) but because I don't know what to say other than a timid "thank you for the ritual, it was great" So for me being passed the talking stick has become a moment of dread and looking like a rabbit caught in the headlights.
But what Phillip said in the interview changed my whole way of thinking about creativity and what it means for me. Creativity isn't always a tangible thing it could be something like parenting. Now I'm not a parent I know but I am mentor at work and have also been a mentor at online schools I have been involved with. I am now a clan guardian at the Kitchen Witch School of Natural Witchery. I have written lessons for the school and I write some of the rituals for our online and offline gatherings. My husband says I'm a natural teacher and leader, I just haven't got the patience to teach him anything :-)
So does Awen flow through me? Yes I think it does just not in the conventional way.
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