Philosophy, Divinity and Creating from the Invisible
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By Pérola Navarro
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how creativity actually happens. Not the technique, but the deeper place where philosophy, intuition, divinity and the physical world overlap. That space where something invisible becomes matter.
Letting go before anything real can happen
I keep returning to the writers who cracked something open in me. Nietzsche once said that to create, we need to let the old self die so something new can appear. He also believed that art, especially music, brings us closest to the divine. To him, creation wasn’t an escape from life—it was a celebration of its deepest truth.
Schopenhauer felt the same. He wrote that through music we touch the “will” behind the world itself, the force beneath everything. When I first read that, it felt strangely familiar. Like someone had explained something I had always sensed but never named.
Clarice Lispector has another kind of divinity in her writing. In Água Viva, she says, “I am after the impossible,” and that is exactly what creating feels like. You chase something that doesn’t exist yet, but you know it wants to.
And Big Magic reminds me that ideas have a life of their own. They choose who is open. Creativity is less about forcing something and more about being ready.
When I’m painting, I rarely feel like I’m “building” something. It feels more like I’m listening. The days I grip too tightly, nothing works. The days I breathe and let the process lead, something arrives.
Creating as a quiet conversation with the unseen
For me, creativity is not about having a perfect idea. It’s about being available. It feels like a spiritual practice. I show up in the studio, my feet on the ground, connected to nature, and I simply say: I’m here. That’s when things shift. The canvas becomes a doorway instead of a wall.
Philosophy keeps me calm because it reminds me I don’t need every answer right now. I can walk without clarity. Creativity becomes the trace of that walk.
What current research is finally showing
I love that neuroscience is now catching up with what artists have always felt. Studies show that creativity is linked to brain states where the inner critic softens and the mind becomes more fluid.
• A large meta analysis found that creative thinking increases when the right frontal pole, the part of the brain that acts like an internal monitor, relaxes.
• A high-density EEG study showed that resting gamma rhythms can predict how creative someone is.
• Highly creative people blend the daydreaming network with the executive control network—something most people never do at the same time.
All of this matches the intuitive experience of creating. Calm matters. Openness matters. Letting go matters. Ideas come when I stop chasing them.
A spiritual way of seeing it
Nature, intuition, divinity and creativity all feel connected to me. When I step outside or place my hands on raw canvas, I feel plugged into something bigger. My best work always starts in that state.
Painting becomes a prayer..
An invitation
If you create, here’s what keeps me aligned:
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Quiet the inner critic.
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Be present for the process, not the results.
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Let things come in fragments.
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Learn a little about the brain. It helps you trust the chaos.
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Honor whatever your source is.
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Build your space and your ritual.
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Release the outcome. Let it form itself.
Final thought
Creating is not a product. It’s a passage. When philosophy, intuition and nature align, when the critic softens and the mind opens, something sacred appears.
My studio is that place for me. The place where the invisible becomes visible. The place where I hear what wants to be born.
Full Sources List
Books & Authors
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music (1872) Wikipedia+2Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy+2
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Schopenhauer, Arthur. The World as Will and Representation (1819) Richard H. Harris+2elizabethjpeterson.com+2
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Lispector, Clarice. Água Viva (1973)
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Gilbert, Elizabeth. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (2015) elizabethgilbert.com+2Goodreads+2
Research / Articles
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“Researchers identify a brain circuit for creativity” – Mass General Brigham Newsroom.
https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/researchers-identify-a-brain-circuit-for-creativity -
“Resting-state HD-EEG Gamma Connectivity Predicts Creative Potential” – PubMed.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38951602/ -
“Creativity and Brain Networks Study” – Neuroscience News.
https://neurosciencenews.com/creativity-networks-8355/ -
(Additional support on aesthetic / musical transcendence) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article “Nietzsche’s Aesthetics” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy