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Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching™ Stories
By Jill Badonsky, MEd | Updated February 17, 2019
Ya know how some people say, "I'm SO not creative," or "I don't have a creative bone in my body"? This is what is happening in their under-used creative minds:
The last one is especially popular.
Many people are indeed born with an innate talent. When they cultivate that talent, amazing works of art, literature, music, what-have-you are brought into existence. But really, do you need to BE that person in order to discover the bliss, benefits and rewards of creativity?
Nope.
Those people are not necessarily happy. Some of them who know that they can also create joy ARE happy.
If we all were born with the same innate talents, the art would look the same, all the music would sound the same, all the words same, same and same, and this would be an interesting plot for a science fiction film but it would be a society that didn't last very long, because many needs would be unmet and people who didn't like what was created would be homicidal, suicidal or bored to death.
There wouldn't be the other creative works that come from passion, interest, curiosity, healing, need, problem-solving, angst, joy, amusement, annoyances, and divine mistakes. These are ALSO drives that result in creativity. Everyone has the ability to be creative in these ways.
This kind of creativity comes from the same mechanisms that make art, writing and music. It's just that those avenues may require some instruction, practice, self-esteem, focus, little dedicated five minute periods to begin, willingness to be a beginner over and over, and perseverance.
Those are the ball bearings of creativity. If you don't have them, you can get them, a little at a time, imperfectly at the beginning but even in imperfection, creative discovery is possible (and sometimes because of it). Everyone has creative ball bearings... those willing to use them get to be creative.
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