Creativity

I think it would be safe to say everyone has a creative bone in their bodies. Some people’s creativity comes in what they make. Some peoples creativity come in how they make something. Other peoples creativity comes in how they keep things in order.

When I was really young, and my parents were making me clean up the garden or some other chore, I used creativity to get through it. I’d imagine I’d been enslaved and I was working on a way to escape but for the time being I had to complete my chore. This probably sounds terrible, I didn’t feel like my chores compared to slavery in the slightest. I didn’t even think the chores were that terrible, it was just the closet thing I could think of that would match up with my current actions. I’m digging a ditch, I’m a slave or a prisoner of some kind.

That’s how my mind worked. I created an imaginary zone where I could float away while my body continued on working through whatever mundane task I was currently involved in.

That wasn’t my only creative outlet. I loved to draw. When I was really young I used to draw the characters from star wars. I thought I got pretty good. Even then I would create a story in my mind as I drew each line of the character. Sometimes I would simply draw a face, in pencil, and then I would slowly lengthen the characters hair and beard as he progressed through time, then erase it because he got a haircut. All this because even though I was drawing what I was really doing was building a story in my mind.

Even while acting in high school I had to create stories. My character was more then the few lines written on the pages. He’d lived an entire life and it was my job to create that backstory.

Now I go through phases. Sometimes I write, but as much as I love writing it becomes exhausting sometimes. When those times come I resort to drawing. I still stretch some creative muscles, but for some reason it just doesn’t seem as taxing. Other times I’ll turn to music and just listen and admire songs or even creating a bit of music. Nothing worth listening to, but it’s more about creating something then creating something good.

In my writing, I’m trying to make something good. I’m trying to turn my creative thoughts into a tangible artwork. I know I have a long way to go. We all work with a creative mind, when we pinpoint what drives us we become better creators.