Those doing Bardic Grade work with OBOD know that activating our
inner creativity is a significant part of Bardic Grade work. Doing so
serves many purposes. We learn to lean into our inner selves and elsewhere
to awaken intuition. We learn to listen and turn what we hear into
something beautiful. We learn to sooth ourselves with the work that
we do. Within Celtic Druidry, Cerridwen is a Welsh Goddess of transformation
and rebirth. She is a keeper of Awen, the Celtic notion of divine inspiration
for poetry, the arts, knowledge and divination. For those doing Yoga and
working with the Hindu figures, Saraswati serves a similar purpose.

Bards are encouraged to try something they already do or to lean into
something they don’t think they can do such as poetry or music and to let
their inner being express itself. We grow the most when we try something
completely outside our “wheelhouse” of skills. And in the process we can
grow immensely and unlock aspects of ourselves that we never knew existed.