Creativity

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."

-- Albert Einstein

Well here it is. The post on my creativity - or rather my lack thereof. It is all my edumacations' fault. I am well educated; therefore, I've had my creativity driven from me. Actually, I think I can be creative, or I guess I should say I am creative. I just need the right environment. For me that environment includes music. Some of my best ideas come to me when I am listening or making music. Music is my muse. Pardon the pun. For others it is physical motion, like dance or exercise. Still others the muse can be found in one of the other senses such as sight, touch or taste.

I am an auditory person. I learn best by listening. When I read and when I write, I hear the words and read or write as if I am speaking. Perhaps this is why I am a slow reader. As I write this, Mozart, Handel and Haydn have been playing in the background. Sometimes when I am at work, I will listen to my iPod. I have felt guilty for doing this, but no more. I am not blocking out my co-workers, I am going to my creative place. I am more productive and I enjoy my work more.

When I put together my Treasure Map, I sat at the kitchen table with no music and no other "distractions". I trimmed, setup the layout, and pasted for a couple hours in a sterile environment. I now realize that if I had done this with some background music and had been "speaking" to myself, the map may have turned out different - more creative, less orderly.

Here is a video clip that another blogger had posted on their blog. It is an entertaining explanation of how our current education system is geared to drive the creativity out of our children. I found it quite inspirational. The education system is designed to teach us that making mistakes is bad; therefore, we are trained to only do things we know we can do right. The right answers minus the wrong answers marking system only emphasizes this kind of thinking. It makes children afraid to try, in case they are wrong. The video is about 20 minutes long, so set aside some time to watch. I hope you find it as inspirational as I did and you find your creativity or can inspire your children to find theirs.



Seek your creativity.
Bright Star Dreams