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The Creativity Myth

RE-blogged from Hillsong Collected

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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.

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