Creativity

                Do you think for your own, outside the ordinary? Do you consider yourself “artsy”? Those two questions are what people think about when they think or hear the word creativity. Then the brick wall comes up if you personally don’t think you are an art person or one of those people that think of random, outrageous things. I personally was a person who thought like this and threw up that brick wall; I never could draw or write real well so I always had that thinking I’m not a creative person and closed off in that realm. When I at sit back though and think about all the aspects that creativity holds, I don’t think anyone can say they are not creative, in at least one of the many ways.

                Creativity in the broad picture is very cognitive but cognitive is not just being smart. You’re thinking is creative even if you don’t think you are smart; not one person thinks exactly how you do about everything. Your thought is what you perceive, which is your own personal way of thinking. Creativeness I believe comes mostly from having an open-minded personality, for instance, stand-up comedians, singers/rappers that rap off the top of their head, or even different forms of artists are very efficient at thinking off the top of their heads and I believe that is merely based on them being open-minded to speak what they think. All the examples I just gave are examples of original people, they have creative ideas and thinking. But when I say artists I’m not just saying the typical “paint on a canvas” artists; I’m saying: dancers, writers, musicians, they all have different forms or art. Dancers are creative with the type of dance they perform and with their feet, writers are creative in their stories or whatever is on their mind and how they put into words, and musicians are creative by how they perform there song or music piece. These instances do have an imaginative side which is mostly what creative is but its only one of the aspects. You may be the opposite of all the art forms and be a sports player but they are just as creative. Football players have to think of plays and how they react to certain instances, track runners think of how to keep pace, wrestlers have no play by play, they have to think on top of their head to be able to win. What if you are not any of these, you still are closed off by the word but what is in your wardrobe and what are you wearing now? You put that outfit together; you put on your makeup or picked out the jewelry that goes with the outfit.  Being creative isn’t just being inventive; it’s more along the lines of being you every day.

                What I’m trying to say throughout this whole thing, you are you; you are unique, no one else could be you. Creativity should not be closed off right away at the word art, think beyond the stereotypical label and that alone will show your creative side.