cosmos and chaos

"my life work is fundamentally creative in nature. And creating has its own rhythms, its own pace. Inspiration comes at strange times when you create. And inspiration comes because of discipline." (115) I realize this thread is a little off-topic from what I have been writing about lately, but I really identify with Bell in this feeling. So often we buy into the popular impression that the creative soul finds inspiration when he is unhindered by structure or discipline. But I believe that God had created us after his image such that our creative tendencies are necessarily tied up in the need for recognizing, affirming, and establishing order. I wish I could remember where I first read the phrase "cosmos and chaos." I think it was while reading something about Leonard Bernstein. But I don't remember if it was he who came up with the phrase. Anyway, it had to do with the idea that we, as artists, have a drive that is founded upon the need to create "cosmos" or order amidst the chaos around us. I realize that Bell is talking about the setting in which creativity is fostered, more so than our reasons for creating. But I think it is all tied up in the same desires for order.