creative

This is one of my favorite subjects.  When I think about creativity I often wonder from where it comes.  Why does it flow out of some people and seem to get blocked up in others??  As children we were all pretty darn creative, even if we didn’t realize it.  I never thought of myself as a creative child because I was a lefty who struggled to cut with even the sharpest scissors.  I made horrible homemade cards for my mom with crooked folds and boring text, while my sisters made the most elaborate works of art, chock full of bubble letters, pop-up pictures and perfectly placed polka dots.  But even in my lamest attempts, I guess I was still creative in my own way.  It wasn’t until I was in my thirties that I realized that doing things my own way was exactly what made me so darn creative after all.

What have you done today that makes you feel creative?  What have you done today that is different from everyone else?  Take a chance and solve a problem in a different way than you did yesterday.  Creativity stems from a need to solve a problem and it flows when we allow ourselves to be a misfit of sorts.  Remember all of the creative kids in high school?  Most were the misfits right.  The band members or the art students, the actors or worse yet the stage hands.  I guess I wanted to fit in so badly that I squashed my creativity and focussed on being a scholar and an athlete instead.. and that is what became my very own self imposed creative block.

So I challenge you to break through your own block and force yourself to be a creative super genius today.  Don’t be so quick to conform or get out of the box by opening the lid.  Go out there and find yourself a problem to solve in a really creative way.  Be deliberate and take a risk or two.  High school is over and most of those misfits have gone on to become creative giants!  And you can too!!   Find that creative child within and take her out to play!  She needs a little fun today!