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How we are all creative and the benefits of creativity
I've got a couple more articles to share with you. The first is from the Huffington Post and it highlights different ways that we can be creative. This is important as many people say they aren't creative because they didn't pass art exams at school. Creativity is so much more than that, it could be an engineer's innovative solution for her building project, or a Dad who makes-up great bedtime stories, so they'll be less toddler melt-downs at the prospect of going to sleep.
The second article is from Tabi Jackson Gee. It reminds us of the benefits of creativity, such as being in flow, increased self-esteem, improved mental health etc.
So, have a read and think about what you already do that's creative and how you could introduce more creativity into your life, not with an end objective/output, just for the sheer pleasure of creating.
(Think about it, an artist doesn’t look at a blank canvas and say; ’I must paint a masterpiece that will be reproduced on student's t-shirts for decades to come'. Nor does a scientist gaze into a petri dish and think; ‘If I haven't found a cure for cancer by teatime, I’ll be a complete failure’. Both, experiment, make mistakes and let those mistakes take them in new directions).