Transforming Emotion: The Science of Energy and Creativity

Emotion is energy with no form - give it form and you can use it to your advantage, or at minimum, let it be processed and released.

Hi, and welcome to The Journey Never Ends.

Today,

as promised,

we're going to go into one of the thermodynamic laws and talk a little bit about

how it can impact your emotions,

your energy,

and hopefully inspire you guys to create a little bit.

So as a reminder,

this is my favorite thermodynamic law,

and I say that in the nerdiest way possible.

And as a reminder, it is energy cannot be created or destroyed.

It can only be transformed.

So I'm gonna start with one of my poems.

Emotional, commotional, uncontrollable?

No, I am capable.

I have been given ample time to sample emotions, taste emotions, smell, feel, and hear emotions.

I digest emotions and it fuels me.

Therefore, you see,

I have more energy.

That was my poem.

Hope you liked it.

A little synopsis of what I'm trying to evoke is the fact that energy is emotion.

So don't be afraid of emotion, but instead channel your emotion.

Identify,

lean into your emotion so you can channel it into something creative,

something productive.

So you might be saying, how do I do that?

Well, I'll give you some tips that have worked for me.

First of all,

when you're feeling an intense emotion,

find a place where you feel safe and close your eyes.

When you close your eyes, focus on the emotion at hand.

What does it feel like?

What does it look like?

What color is it?

Do you feel it within your body?

Is it in your chest?

Is it in your stomach?

Give form to your emotion and just hold it there.

In my experience, I have identified a bad emotion as a dark gray oval sitting upon my chest.

It can be a little graphic,

but it's a tangible way to identify your emotion so that you can then remove it

from within yourself.

It can be difficult to do this activity, but the more you practice it, the better you get at it.

So the idea is you identify your emotion and then you visualize yourself bottling

it up outside of you,

releasing it.

And the release,

in my experience,

is easier when you're creating something because you are transforming that

emotional energy within you into something beautiful.

So for instance, I focus on this dark oval in my chest.

I take deep breaths.

And I visualize this oval rising above me, above my head.

And then slowly or quickly exploding or disappearing or whatever you want to do to

destroy this.

That's a way to release it without creation, but you can also use it to fuel your art.

Just think about it.

If you cannot identify the emotion you're going through, how are you going to process it?

It has been shown that emotions that are not processed can actually create physical

ailments within you because they do get stored within your organs and your body

doesn't forget them.

So again, lean into your emotion, realize that this emotion is just energy.

and either passively release it or I recommend to use it to fuel art.

And you might be wondering what this feels like for me.

I do it through writing.

I write a word that comes to mind and I just start rhyming with it.

And I use the rhyme not as a limitation of what I write,

but more as a structure to get my mind thinking

and get my mind off of the emotion to channel it into the piece of paper.

Well, that's all I wanted to talk about today.

I really appreciate you guys being here.

I hope you have a great day.

Much love.