Others have seen what is and asked why? I have seen what could be and asked why not? - Pablo Picasso
A human’s mind is a vast machine (for lack of a better word). Its
horizons are broad and open to pictures and ideas. Creativity is the ability to
use this vast machine to make changes. It has nothing to do with money,
education, age, I.Q., sex or any of the other ‘important’ things. Rather, it
has all to do with imagination, ideas, personal perception and garbage.
Worthless things are the primary fuel for creativity. Your imagination being the father of
your creativity makes what it wants from the things available- and the
most available things usually are seen as ‘worthless’. Everyone who
achieved anything worthy in life had to do it out of the seeming nothing
that existed when they set out to do it. Anything can become anything. It is
all a function of what your mind makes of it.
Think! There must be something you can create to make your life
better than it is right now. Refuse to be among the ninety percent of people
that don’t think- I mean really think. Every problem submits to
sustained thought. Think until that which is nothing becomes something. Think
until you become a creator.
Some people seem to be more creative
than others. Many say, “I am not as
creative as the guy next door”. That is the same as saying “I am not as fit as the guy next door”.
The latter may be evident from your present physique in comparison to the guy
next door. The truth is that being fit is hinged on your exercises and
workouts. Once your muscles stretch daily, they grow larger and stronger. It is
the same with your mind. You are not as creative as your contemporaries because
you have not stretched your mind in creative thinking enough. You receive every
streamlined, finished work from your environment and tell yourself “It can’t get any better”. This is the
popular misconception. Contrary to it, everyone and not only a select few are
able to unleash a steady flow of creative genius.
In order to consistently give out great results, the muscle
of creativity needs daily exercise. If you don’t practice harnessing
creative thinking, the creative ability in you will very much shrivel into nonexistence However, keep working and the creative genius in you will keep
growing with great results as proofs.
(Culled from: Do it Like Kids by Yusuf Leinge)
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