DEFINING CREATIVITY
What if you posted what made me happy? What if it wasn't on brand? What if it was about growth, change, creativity and development...and FREEDOM!
This is absolutely my crazy thought process of what growth in creativity could and may look like. A brilliant human told me - this is your journey and no one else's, so you are welcome to a little corner of my journey. A journey that has been a process of healing.
Okay, back to the idea of freedom. Can you even sit in the idea of having freedom to create what you think is beautiful and how you see the world? Would that freedom allow you to create differently? Would it stop holding you back from the worry about what you do and what people will think? Can you close your eyes for a moment and sit in that space? Imagine all opinions of others leave your body and mind. All the worry that runs through your head stops and flows away from your mind. There are no pretenses of what others will say. It is just about you and what you love.
This color green is a little bit about that freedom. It is not my brand. It is not in my color palette. I do not think I have ever used it, but I LOVE it. It represents the 75+ plants that I have meticulously placed throughout my house. The plants that bring me so much joy, so much happiness. The plants that my family buys me for Mother’s Day or my birthday. My impulse buys as I walk into Trader Joe’s. My plants (or my jungle as is referred to in our home) have become apart of me.
Freedom. Freedom in creating, freedom in expression, freedom in my existence. Freedom in understanding the power of creativity.
It feels impossible to define creativity because as individuals, as people who are created to add beauty into the world - it’s definition almost changes in an individualist way. It’s about being something into existence that wasn’t there before. It involves the act of producing something original or innovative, whether it's a physical object, artwork, idea, or concept.
Within each and every human on the planet is a need and drive to create beauty, we just do it with complete individuality.
So lets define creativity, just a little bit - CREATIVITY IS...
1. An expression of meaning.
2. Manifestation of your heart + soul.
3. Expression of self and/or a creator.
4. Connection with others or with yourself.
5. Openness to growth and change.
It is connecting powerful emotions and pieces of who we are - who we are becoming.