The Power of a Creative Mind

Creativity is a gift that can be lost in a blink. It must be celebrated and nurtured. It is the outpouring of all ideas, thoughts, emotions and desires. These abstract ideas are transformed into something concrete and beautiful through a person’s tireless creative efforts. Everyone has the inherent gift that allows this to happen but many allow other distractions to get in the way from expressing it. Some cultures do not praise for creativity so it is often lost with age. It comes from deep inside your mind and heart, and only if it is freed will it truly manifest itself.

By flipping to any one, single page of Twyla Tharp’s book, the reader can learn a lesson. These lessons key into our own, individual creative habits. Since creativity is innately in each of us, it is habitual. We can make it our livelihood and base our decisions each day off of it. We can allow our creative ingeniousness to overcome our minds so that everything that we do and say is purely from the deep thoughts of our minds. Creativity is so vital to who we are, it must be embraced.

After reading chapter after chapter of The Creative Habit one quotation, from the very first pages of the book, has always stuck in my mind. “Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.” To me, this quotation is the epitome of what it means to be creative. A creative individual takes advantage of what is around them. Inspiration is everywhere but not all recognize that. If a person is open to their environment, they are openly allowing themselves to be creative. One of the main barriers to creativity is fear. If we accept our fears for what they are and not let them manipulate our lives, we are letting everything around us inspire us. Both good and bad. Everything can be learned from and everything is important. In this way, we understand that inspiration is not a divine miracle but an everyday experience if we allow ourselves to embrace it.

These ideas can be incorporated into any lifestyle. A person does not need to be in an art career to allow creativity to flow out of everything they do. Creativity is relevant and a vital key to problem solving. Creative thinkers have an advantage in the workplace because they know how to think outside the box and step away from what is literal reality. Although I do not believe creativity can be taught, as a society we can make more of an effort to show how important creativity is. Many jobs become obsolete with time but creativity will never go out of style. It is the link between the past and our bright futures. Only with creativity may we succeed.