The Bible begins with a creative God moving across the waters, making something out of nothing, making us in the image of the divine. Jesus's first miracle is turning water into wine. . . . My own experience is that creativity is a gift, not an effort. It's something that surprises, not something one does. When something creative happens in my writing or photography, I have a sense of discovery, that I've witnessed something appear for which I cannot take credit.
Words flow from the tip of the pen.
Images fill the frame of the camera. I push the pen. I hold the camera. . . . I'm not claiming that God takes over, that I'm filled with the Holy Spirit when I write or photograph creatively. Neither am I saying I'm not.