RE-blogged from Hillsong Collected
To read the full article follow this link: The Creativity Myth
20 September, 2011
I feel like one of the biggest mistakes we as people make, is to lock
people into the 'creative' or 'uncreative’ box. It's very easy to
stereotype a guitarist as 'creative' and an accountant as 'not
creative'. We look at a photographer or someone who dresses with a bit
more eccentricity and say, 'they're so creative'. Meanwhile, we look at
someone who works with spreadsheets or teaches 4 year olds and without
thinking we class them as not quite as creative as our friend who
designs t shirts. As is often the case, appearances can be deceiving.
Being
a brilliant guitarist doesn't necessarily mean you're a creative
genius, it may just mean you can move your fingers really fast.
The
creativity myth is vicious and robs a lot of people from achieving
their creative potential. The truth is, we have all been made in the
likeness of a creative God. Having been cast in His image, we possess
vast amounts of creative potential. It's just that some of us have
learnt to access it with greater ease.
Sometimes the most
creative people are the ones who intuitively use imagination to find a
better system to process customer orders, or a great way to potty train
your toddler, or a way to bring together 6 flatmates and rent out the
best house on your block, or a way to manage your boss's travel
calendar, or a way to get your connect group to all contribute when
discussion time rolls around. Some of the most creative people I know
run gyms, emergency rooms, and work in property management.
For
some people, it comes really easy... for the rest of us, creativity is
like a muscle, meaning it can, and must, be developed through frequent
use. Here's a few practical tips I'm constantly trying to apply.
.... You are creative. Now go and prove it.