Quantity and Quality

Somewhere in one of the books in Julia Cameron's The Artist Way series she says that one of the keys to creativity is to sit down to work and say to your designated higher power/ muse " ok I'll take care of the quantity, you take care of the quality." That thought has been sticking with me a lot lately and is a pretty solid prayer to have in the back pocket before writing or work on a show. So I wrote a poem exploring that.

Quantity and Quality

I take care of the quantity you take care of the quality,

Let the clay tell you what it wants to be.

I take care of the quantity you take care of the quality,

Let the words flow freely.

I take care of the quantity you take care of the quality,

On the cloudiest days I know the sun is there. 

I take care of the quantity you take care of the quality,

Let the song inside sing out. 

I take care of the quantity you take care of the quality,

I listen carefully to my heart.

I take care of the quantity you take care of the quality,

The only way to get there is to start.