Resilience in Creativity

 

 

 

"Creative minds have always

been known to survive any

kind of bad training."

 

Anna Freud

 

 

Creativity streams through every human being.  This doesn't mean we are each capable of great paintings or musical accomplishments.  Individuals experience creative expression in differing ways.  It can be demonstrated in our dress, language, career or hobbies.  A very cerebral person may use his or her creativity in the manner in which business plans or inventions are developed.  Our choices and 'thinking out side of the box' reflect our diversity. 

 

Often times, people take their creativity for granted, not realizing that not every one can match fabrics, wall hangings, or fashion.  If it is our strength, we have a tendency to take it for granted or minimize it.  "Anyone can do this," states the obvious artist of the family.  "It's easy," says the sous chef to the waitress. 

 

My mother was an accomplished seamstress designing wedding gowns and tailor made suits.  The first thing I attempted to sew, I sewed to the top layer of skin on my hand.  I rest my case.

 

By passing the well known masters, a person can admire the heroes of untold stories.  As we read through biographies we develop compassion for those who suffered humiliation, torture, and unimaginable offenses.  We discover how their ability to use their minds became an escape or partial safe haven.

 

Creativity is all things, not just the insightful eye of an artisan.  Creativity is about what hear, smell, taste, touch, and experience on all levels if we allow ourselves permission.  To take flight into parts unknown to us, heralds a new way of using our senses.  It is seeing with new eyes, changing perspectives, and authoring a new ending to any sad story.  There is resilience in creativity.