Creative people. Artist Henri Matisse says, " Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play." Now if you can honestly say this is not you, wouldn't you love for it to be? Imagine how rich your life would be with your curiosity as your guide leading you from one adventure to the next. It's easy to get bogged down by all the things we have to do, but finding a creative outlet will sweeten your life. One of my favorite things about teaching was the opportunity to be creative. Over time those opportunities became fewer and fewer as the curriculum became more standardized. Today I look for creative outlets through my writing, art, photography, poetry, and even my cooking. If you are one who is quick to insist that you are not creative, please think again. Start to look for ways that you can express yourself, and you might be surprised at how creative you really are. Take to heart the words of Matisse and claim your rightful place as one of the creative people.
I just came from a blog where this quote was found.
ReplyDelete"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have."
– Steve Jobs, Wired, February, 1995
I love reading about creativity in the morning.
I can't help but think about this younger generation that has had their whole life scheduled and orchestrated by their parents. They don't get too many opportunities to figure things out for themselves.
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