Create-Destroy-Recreate: Apoptosis
- Gina Greenlee, Author
- 3d
- 2 min read
“Apoptosis is a word referring to programmed cell death. It’s a process by which your aging, damaged, or obsolete cells deliberately destroy themselves for the benefit of your organism as a whole. This “cellular suicide” is carefully regulated and crucial for development, maintenance, and protection against diseases. About 50-70 billion cells die in you every day, sacrificing themselves so you can live better. Let’s use this healthy process as a psychospiritual metaphor. What aspects of your behavior and belief system need to die off right now so as to promote your total well-being?”
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Create-Destroy-Recreate: The Remix
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“Then, somebody suggested the only way that you’re going to be able to get rid of the mold is burn them. And so, we burnt them. And that’s why they’re black. and I love them the way they are.”
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“It’s just like life, where something beautiful gets taken apart and then it has to get put back together. And you might not have all the pieces to put it back together the same way it was initially. But in the creative process, I can take something apart and reimagine it in a different way.”
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For 30 days I painted, wrote, and sculpted. Disassembled those projects then reassembled each to create something new. Even as I engaged create-destroy-recreate, I didn’t understand that the art practice gifted to me was a powerful metaphor for living.
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“In life, as in a Zen koan, we create by shifting our perspective to the point at which interruptions are the answer.”
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Honor what has been, release what is no longer needed, and make room for what is emerging.
