It’s time for episode four of the Creative, Happy Life Podcast!
I’m trying something new this week with producing weekly micro-episodes - this one is just 5 minutes! I will still occasionally produce longer episodes where there’s reason for more narrative or a guest/interview, but I am excited to create these “audio snacks” you can enjoy on a quick errand run, in the bathroom (no shame, we all have our longer “sits”), getting dressed in the morning, or on a quick coffee break!
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Show Notes
Episode 04
Have you ever been talking to someone, and they say “I’m not a creative person”. Whenever someone says that to me, it just makes me sad, I want to give them a hug and look them in their eyes and say “Yes! Actually you are!!
We need to stop thinking of creativity under the umbrella of talent and skill and final products. Creativity comes in so many forms.
Anywhere you bring your own unique perspective into the world to get something done, you are using creativity. If you take a minute to think about it, I bet you can think of at least one thing in your life that you enjoy that is creative.
Creativity is everywhere, in every day. It’s not in our skills and abilities, but in our curiosity and playfulness. It’s in the trying. And the more creativity we use, the more we have. Ideas evolve, we practice, we try, and try again, maybe not because we are looking for any particular result, but because we just enjoy the process of trying.
Think of the feeling you get when you pick up a paintbrush or a colored pencil or a pen, and touch it to paper. Or when you pick up a hammer and start piecing together a project for your home. Or a wooden spoon and your favorite jar of spice to cook a meal for your family. Think of how it feels to be doing something, making something, that wasn’t there before.
We tend to think of creativity in the way of art and music, so many people write themselves off as not being creative because what they do doesn’t pertain to art. But creativity is more than art, and it’s everywhere. If you’re using materials or your brain, to bring something into the world that wasn’t there before, you are creative.
To create means to bring something into existence. To cause something to happen as a result of one’s actions.
As different as each and every brain that has existed, in billions of different moments, locations and experiences, there are endless possibilities when it comes to being creative. No two people will ever make, or paint, or coach, or cook, or write, or build or play, or perform, or think the same way
Because being a creative person is not only seeing the world differently, but having the courage to explore how you see it. To try something new, in a new way, out of curiosity or inspiration. Creativity is where the reality of your experience meets the playfulness of your imagination. It has the power to help you express yourself, in whatever way you want, with your unique toolbox consisting of your voice, brain, skills, talent, curiosity, imagination and heart.
So if you ever catch yourself thinking, I’m not a creative person, I hope you take a moment, and really think about all the ways you really are, every single day, in all the things that you do.
Creativity is everywhere, it’s just a matter of how you see it.
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