Creativity is not the work of a few

As more and more Mike Jones' continue to make national news (2001 - we saved the superbowl for the St. Louis Rams; 2004 - we became superstar rappers; two days ago, we came out as a male escort and knocked a megachurch pastor down a peg), I'm feeling this weird need to prove myself in this world. I know, it's stupid. But no one wants to be invisible.

But perhaps invisibility is the point sometimes, so long as we're living lives rooted in some sense of connection to the other. Here's a great quote from writer Elizabeth O'Connor, taken from the Pax Christi USA website.

“We are to cast out demons, be healers, artists, musicians, the builders of caring institutions. Creativity is not the work of a few. … We each have the task of making the earth into a fairer, kinder place. The first step is imaging a better world, and that is most apt to happen when we suffer or look upon suffering.”