Creativity is everywhere, always. You simply need to learn to tap into it. Being creative isn’t something that you either have or don’t have. Having said that, everyone is creative in different ways. Your way to be creative might not seem like creativity to someone else, and vice versa.
You Are Designed to Explore
From the moment you were born, you were trying to find a way to explore your environment. You looked into your mother’s eyes, your dad’s, your siblings’… and then one day you realized you were separate, and you could get around and touch things and learn things. Learning by its very nature is a form of creativity.
You Are All Artists When Young
Every child likes to color, draw, and paint with abandon. They also like to build stuff, play in forts, and make up stories when they play. You did this naturally from a young age but at some point, you grew out of it. You may be creative in a new way now, but you can also bring back that childlike nature of creativity anytime you want to.
You Are Learning All the Time
Even if you’re not actively trying, you’re learning all the time. Your eyes see things, and your mind registers it even if you’re not consciously aware of it. At some point, you may recall it when you need it. You’re learning random facts via YouTube, your Facebook stream and just by walking around and being alive and around others. Because of this, you’re creative. Learning is a form of creativity.
You All Enjoy Language
We like communicating with each other and we are always inventing new ways to do it. Letters through the post, telephones, and cell phones are all communication tools. The ability to use language, whether it’s spoken or not, is a creative endeavor. If you communicate with people, you are creative.
You Are an Expert in Something
Everyone on the planet has something they can claim expertise to. It may be changing a diaper one-handed in under a minute, or something more traditionally thought of as “creative” such as drawing, knitting, or painting, or something people do daily such as cooking or organizing. If you’re good at something, you’re creative.
The fact is, you cannot really, with authority, claim something is or is not creative, because creativity exists even when it’s not recognized. You can be creative in science, in history, in art, and do everything another way. Raising a family is creative. Going to work is creative. Decorating your home is creative. Creativity is in everyone; you just have to find it and unleash it.
